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crest. A large satiny white pad encircles the eye and covers nearly 

 all the side of the face and crown, bordered above and on either 

 side by a narrow line of black. Chin, throat, neck, back, small 

 wing coverts, scapulars, falcate tertials, and a large patch on 

 each side of the rump, white. Greater wing coverts, primaries, 

 and tail, dark brown. Under wing coverts, pale brown. Lower 

 back, rump, upper tail coverts, and breast, dark plumbeous, 

 grading into smoky black on the lower breast, abdomen, and un- 

 der tail coverts. Bill , orange, deepest along the edges, and palest 

 on nail. Iris is surrounded by a broad, bright, milky blue ring. 

 Legs and feet, olive brown or yellowish. Total length, about 21^ 

 inches; wing, 11; culmen, -j"^; tarsus, ij%. 



Adult Female. — Fore part, top, and back of head and back of 

 neck, yellowish buff, streaked with dusky, coarsest on back of 

 head and neck. A broad stripe, about f inch in width, in front 

 of eyes, beginning at corner of the mouth and extending 

 onto center of head as far as posterior line of eye, dark brown. 

 Space around eyes and cheeks, grayish buff, finely streaked with 

 dusky. Upper parts, rather coarsely barred with fulvous and 

 black, the bars narrower on rump and upper tail coverts. Lesser 

 coverts of wing, pale brown, barred with black. Remainder of 

 wing, pale brown; the tips of greater coverts and secondaries, 

 white, forming two bars across the wing. Breast and sides and 

 under tail coverts, barred with fulvous and black. Rest of under 

 parts, grayish brown. Bill, dull blue. Legs and feet, dull yel- 

 lowish brown. Total length, about 21 inches; wing, 10^; cul- 

 men, i; tarsus, if. 



