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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



bio n tied ; tail-feathers chestnut ; .breast pearl-grey; belly, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts fawn colour ; sides, flanks, 

 and thiu,'lis are barred with white, black, pearl-grey, and 

 fawn colour; legs and toes red; claws brown. The male 

 has on the leg a rounded knob in the place of a sjuir. 



The female resemldes the male, excei)t that her plumage 

 is not so bright, and the markings are not so well defined. 

 She is also devoid of the knob-like spur on the legj )( 



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