LITTLE BUSTARD. 



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feathers of the neck of pale chestnut streaked with black, like 

 the same part in the female, which does not change with the 

 season. 



The adult female is of the same size as the male, and 

 has the head and neck mottled and streaked with black on 

 a ground of pale chestnut ; the chin white ; the neck below 

 without any appearance of transverse bars at any season ; 

 the wing-coverts have less white than those of the males ; 

 the white feathers on the breast, sides, and flanks, are mark- 

 ed with short transverse bars of black. Females in other 

 respects resemble the males. 



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