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auriculars; on the lower parts the ground tint is paler, and 

 in the centre the reddish-brown prevails; the secondaries, 

 quills, and tail are nearly brownish-black, the base of the 

 quills with their shafts white ; the tail is rounded ; legs and 

 feet black, front of the tarsi irregularly scaled, the other 

 parts with small prominent rounded or oval scales, rough 

 to the touch, and reminding one of the fish-hawks. 



