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ndible ; cere and legs saffron-yellow; iris deep 

 niber-brown ; length nearly sixteen inches that 

 of the wing from shoulder to tip of .second quill 

 twelve inches and a quarter. 



Female With the distribution of the colours 

 similar, the upper parts generally of a deeper 

 tint, the clouded marking on the back and the 

 bars on the rump and tail more distinct and 

 better marked ; underneath, the lower part of 

 the breast, the belly, and thighs, have a more 

 rufous tinge, and less grey intermixed ; a longi 

 tudinal spotting runs higher up upon the breast, 

 and the transverse spotting and barring on the 

 other parts is broader, of a deeper hue, and more 

 boldly marked ; length about nineteen inches -, 

 from shoulder to tip of second quill fourteen 

 inches. 



Both the birds now described were shot from 

 the nest. 



Young of the first plumage, male Upper 



parts very deep blackish brown tinted with grey, 

 the feathers tipped with rufous, and on the hind 

 head broadly edged with a pale tint of the same 

 colour; quills black, tipped with rufous; tail 

 brownish-black, greyer towards the base, tipped 

 and obscurely barred with reddish white ; chin 

 yellowish white, remaining under parts pale and 

 dull reddish orange, tinted with ochraceous, 

 darkest in the centre of the belly, and broadly 



