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Adult Female. Upper part of head and neck, dark brown. A 

 white spot behind the ear, and another indicated at base of max- 

 illa. Rest of head and neck, sooty brown. Upper parts, sooty 

 brown; speculum, white." Under parts, grayish brown. Bill, 

 uniform dusky. Iris, dark. Legs and feet, duller than those of 

 the male, flesh color, tinged with black; webs, black. Wing, io; 

 culmen, i^; tarsus, i^. 



Young Male. Similar to the female, but head and neck, sooty 

 black, and no white spot beneath the eye as in adult male. 



