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whole upper plumage, with the greater 

 part of the visible portion of the closed 

 wing, is rufous-grey finely vermiculated 

 with black, the upper portion of the 

 mantle much paler, and the rump and 

 the wings bordered with pale rufous or 

 creamy white. The middle tail-feathers 

 are rufous mottled with black ; the others 

 mostly black. The first ten quills of the 

 wing are brown tipped with white. A 

 broad streak from the eye, passing over 

 the ear, is white ; also the chin and throat. 

 Across the breast there are two bands of 

 grey with a white band between. The 

 lower plumage is white streaked with 

 black. 



In birds apparently not adult, the sides 

 of the neck and the whole breast are 

 mottled and barred with black, grey and 

 rufous. 



The sexes in this species do not differ 

 much in size. Length about 20 ; wing 

 about io|; tail about 7 ; legs red; irides 

 brown or reddish brown; bill red in male, 

 greenish in female; skin round the eye 

 red. 



