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FAMILIAR JVILD BIRDS. 



colour^ while the chin, throat_, breast, and belly are similar 

 in colour to the upper portions of the body. Each feather is 

 slightly edged with light, which gives the bird a 

 scaly appearance, but across the chest there is a broad 

 curved stripe of white, edged with brownish, from which 

 the bird derives its name. The legs, toes, and claws are 

 brownish-black. 



The female is not so dark in plumage as the male; the 

 band across the breast is not so broad, it is less pure in 

 colour, and shaded with reddish-brown and grey. The 

 young male birds resemble the adult females in their 

 markings ; but in the y^jjung females the crescent-shaped 

 band is hardly perceptible^ X 



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