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put ash-brown; lore and ear-coverts black; nape 

 of the neck white ; back scapulars, wing-coverts, 

 tertials, rump, and upper tail- coverts, ash-brown ; 

 primary and secondary wing-feathers dusky-brown ; 

 these and the greater wing-coverts edged with white; 

 the first primary quill -feather only with a broad 

 white shaft ; tail-feathers ash-brown at the base, 

 darker towards the end ; the five outer tail-feathers 

 on each side white *at the end, this colour increas- 

 ing in extent on each lateral feather, the outer one 

 on each side having only a dusky spot on the inner 

 web, but this appears to be constant at all ages ; chin 

 and throat white, this colour extending from the 

 latter round the nape of the neck ; below this, and 

 above the breast, is a collar of black; the breast 

 itself, the belly, vent, and under tail-coverts, pure 

 white ; legs and toes flesh colour, tinged with yel- 

 low; claws black. Females have the black and 

 white frontal bands narrower than in the males. 

 Young birds of the year want all the decided black 

 markings which distinguish old birds ; the ash-brown 

 feathers of the back and wing-coverts have buff- 

 coloured margins. * 



* Yarrell,ii. PI. 411, 412. 



