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with black and white. A patch on the 

 closed wing, next the body, is rich 

 chestnut ; the remainder of the wing 

 blackish with pale rufous round spots. 

 The quills of the wing are dark brown 

 barred on both webs with rufous. The 

 tail is black, more or less finely barred 

 with white at the base. The belly and 

 sides of the body are black with double sets 

 of large roundish pale rufous spots. The 

 feathers under the tail are rich chestnut. 



The female has the head very sinjilar 

 to that of the male, but the white parts 

 are tinged with buff and the dark bands 

 are dark brown instead of black. The 

 mantle is the only part of the plumage 

 with round white spots. The chestnut 

 patch on the wing of the male is, in the 

 female, merely indicated by some rufous 

 on the edges of the feathers. The wings 

 and the whole lower plumage are barred 

 with black and buff, the former prepon- 

 derating on the wings and the latter on 

 the lower plumage. The back and rump 

 are blackish mottled with buff and barred 

 narrowly with white and pale buff. The 

 tail resembles that of the male. 



Length about 13; wing about 5I ; tail 

 about 3 ; legs orange ; irides reddish 

 hazel ; bill blackish. Weight up to 14 oz. 



