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on each side, dark brown, the feathers narrowly edged with pale 
brown. ‘The whole of the rest of the top of the head a sandy 
brown, mingled or mottled with a somewhat darker hue. Fea- 
thers of the nape, and upper hind neck, much elongated, lanceo- 
late, and mingled fulvous white, and pale brown. Base of the 
neck behind, and upper back, somewhat light umber brown, 
each feather tipped and margined with whitish brown. Lower 
back, pale brown, the white bases of the feathers showing 
through in places; rump, a rather darker brown. Upper tail 
coverts, ighter again, and whitish towards the tips. Scapulars 
mingled three shades of brown, from very dark to light fulvous 
brown. ‘Tail feathers dingy greyish brown, tipped paler ; very 
narrowly, and closely but obscurely, barred with very dark 
brown. Lower wing coverts, pale whitey brown, irregularly 
blotched with patches of rich dark brown. The median wing 
coverts pale brown, tipped and margined still lighter. Coverts 
under winglet, mingled white, fulvous and brown. Wing- 
let very dark brown, the interior feather whitish on the inner 
web ; greater coverts of primaries brown, those of the first few 
primaries very dark brown, especially on the outer webs, and 
scarcely perceptibly tipped with white. Those of the later 
primaries a lighter brown and conspicuously tipped with white ; 
and all of them with a good deal of greyish white on the 
inner web, which, however, is not visible without raising the 
feathers. Greater coverts of secondaries brown, some darker 
and some lighter, but all much darker than the median co- 
verts. All of them with a good deal of greyish white on the 
inner web, and many of them more or less noticeably tipped 
with white. The primaries beyond the emarginations, which 
are conspicuous from 2nd to 7th, nearly black. Above the 
emarginations, the general colour is a lighter brown, barred, 
and freckled with greyish white, obscurely on the outer, and 
conspicuously on the inner web. The last three primaries, how- 
ever, have the ground colour grey, with dark brown, wavy, trans- 
verse bers on both webs. ‘The secondaries dark brown on the 
outer web, tipped greyish ; and with a number of large trans- 
verse oval spots or incomplete bars of grey, on the inner webs. 
Below the gape, and behind the eye, a brown patch. Chin 
and centre of upper part of throat, darkish brown, the sides 
being pale fulvous brown. Lower part of throat and neck 
in front, dark brown, each feather with a narrow, central, 
fulvous white streak. Sides of neck, pale fulvous brown, 
with a few dark feathers intermingled. Breast, abdomen, sides, 
thigh coverts, and axillaries, dingy fulvous brown, some feathers 
rather darker than others ; vent feathers, and lower tail coverts, 
