THE BIRD-LIFE OF LONDON 
with brown on the neck and breast, which are streaked 
with dark’ brown, the flanks with sagittate markings of 
brown, the abdomen and under tail-coverts narrowly 
marked with the same. Billlong and arched, dark brown, 
paler at the base ; tarsi and toes lead-grey ; irides brown. 
Length 21 inches. ‘The female has a longer bill, and the 
brown markings on the under parts are more numerous, 
and present also on the rump. The young in first 
plumage are more ochraceous, and the markings still more 
numerous. ‘The young in down are greyish buff, mottled 
on the upper parts with dark brown. 
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