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ably distinct collaret of sandy buff feathers, only varied with blackish 

 markings towards the tips of the feathers; crown of head blackish in the 

 centre, the plumes laterally rufous buff with very narrow black cross lines. 

 Forehead and a broad streak on each side of the crown sandy buff, the 

 feathers narrowly streaked with black along the shaft and varied towards the 

 tip with a few blackish cross lines; the ear tufts (i inch long) which form part 

 of the light lateral band on the sides of the crown being pale sandy buff, 

 slightly varied with zigzag lines of black towards the tips, which are very broadly 

 black ; over the eye a patch of buffy white feathers each terminally margined 

 with a narrow line of black ; lores sandy buff with whitish bases ; sides of face 

 sandy buff, indistinctly barred across with narrow lines of dusky black, the 

 hindermost ear coverts rather broadly tipped with the same ; behind the ear 

 coverts an indistinct ruff of sandy buff feathers extending across the centre 

 of the throat, many of the plumes narrowly barred across with blackish lines 

 and all rather broadly tipped with black ; rest of under surface of body entirely 

 sandy buff, varied with narrow cross lines of dark brown, the chest with broad 

 central spots or streaks of blackish brown, much narrower and more linear on 

 the abdomen and flank feathers ; under tail coverts nearly uniform sandy buff 

 with a few wavy lines of blackish near the tips of the feathers ; leg feathers 

 sandy buff, the tarsal plumes crossed with distinct wavy blackish cross lines, 

 under wing coverts sandy buff, the inner ones nearly uniform, the outermost 

 mottled or barred with dark brown near the edge of the wing, which is whitish, 

 the lower series entirely ashy brown ; the inner lining of the quills nearly 

 uniform ashy brown, barred with yellowish white near the base of the inner web, 

 and with sandy buff near the tips of the feathers. Upper wing coverts darker 

 than the back, being blackish brown, the spurious quills externally notched 

 with sandy buff, the innermost of the least series sandy buff, mottled with 

 zigzag blackish lines, the greater series dark brown widely notched with sandy 

 buff towards the tip of the outer web ; primary coverts blackish brown with 

 indications of sandy buff bars, thickly obscured with blackish vermiculations ; 

 quills dark brown, barred with lighter or ashy brown on the inner webs, these 

 light bars being represented by corresponding ones of sandy buff on the outer 

 webs of the primaries, giving a chequered appearance to the external aspect 

 of the wing ; the secondaries outwardly sandy buff, vermiculated with lines of 

 dark brown, the innermost sandy brown mottled and vermiculated exactly like 

 the scapulars ; rump and upper tail coverts darker sandy brown than the back, 

 thickly obscured with blackish vermiculations ; tail dark brown mottled with 

 sandy buff, nowhere forming very distinct bars and particularly broken up 

 towards the tips of the feathers ; on the outer ones the bars are a little more 

 distinct, about eight being distinguishable, all the light Markings everywhere 

 somewhat obscured by brown vermiculatioas. (Sharpe). 



Length. Adult Females : 8-75 ; wing 6*6. Males : Length 8-5 ; wing 5-8 to 

 6'4 ; tail 3'2$ ; tarsus (not plumed the whole way, the junction of the toes always 

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