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The male bird in summer has the chin 

 white ; the head, the ear-tufts, the neck, 

 the whole lower plumage and the outer 

 wing-coverts deep black. The lower part 

 of the hindneck and a broad band on the 

 wing are white. The upper plumage and 

 the tail are fulvous, beautifully vermicu- 

 lated and blotched with black, the tail 

 with several narrow but well-defined black 

 bars. The first three quills are brown, 

 the others brown, barred and mottled 

 with fulvous. 



The male in winter and the female at 

 all seasons have the whole upper plumage 

 and the visible portions of the closed wings 

 and tail bright fulvous, the crown and the 

 short crest blotched with black, the neck 

 finely speckled with black, the wings 

 sparingly and irregularly barred with 

 black and the remaining upper plumage, 

 together with the tail, blotched, clouded, 

 and variously marked with black, the tail 

 having in addition some black cross-bars. 

 The quills of the wing are dark brown, 

 barred and mottled with fulvous, the first 

 three less so than the others. The fore- 

 neck has two irregular black lines running 

 down its whole length. The lower plu- 

 mage is fulvous, somewhat pale on the 

 belly, the breast and the sides of the body 



