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rump broadly margined and barred with 

 black, the feathers of the latter part with 

 triangular black marks. Many of the 

 wing-coverts have a large diagonal oval 

 black drop with a chestnut tip or lateral 

 margins, and some few feathers again are 

 frequently streaked with white. 



The female differs from the male 

 chiefly in the colour of the head and 

 neck. The crown is olive-brown streaked 

 with blackish, and a broad streak over 

 the eye is pale rufous streaked with black. 

 The chin, throat, part of the sides of 

 the head and the whole neck are rufous 

 streaked with black, and these parts 

 are separated from the rusty olive- brown 

 breast by a chestnut gorget. The other 

 parts of the plumage resemble the same 

 parts in the male but are duller, and the 

 belly is hardly of such a pure white. 



The female of this species closely re- 

 sembles the female of the next species, 

 but may be recognised at once by the 

 bars and fringes on the feathers of the 

 back being broad and well-defined. In 

 the next species there are no bars on these 

 feathers and the fringes are very faint. 



Length about 1 1 ; wing about 6 ; tail 

 about 2 1 ; legs fleshy grey ; irides brown ; 

 bill blackish. Weight up to 13I oz. 



