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those in the centre uniform in tint ; the other 

 pairs, except the outer, clouded with a deeper 

 shade, and the outer pair marked indistinctly with 

 bands of white and hair-brown. In our Tobago 

 specimens we have the upper parts, except the 

 wing-s and tail-coverts, of a uniform shade ; on 

 these other parts the feathers are barred alter- 

 nately with pale wood-brown and clove-brown, but 

 broader and more boldly than in similar states of 

 the common bird ; beneath, the colour is pure 

 unspotted white, the hair-brown without lustre, 

 reaching slightly upon each Fide of the breast. 



