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the eye and ear-coverts a streak of pale wood brown ; the 

 top of the head, neck, and back, reddish brown, barred 

 transversely with narrow streaks of dark brown; the 

 feathers of the wings and tail rather more rufous in colour 

 than those of the back, and the dark bars are more dis- 

 tinct ; the greater wing-coverts with three or four small, 

 round, bead-like spots of white ; primaries barred alter- 

 nately with tawny brown and black ; chin and throat plain 

 greyish buff, becoming more brown on the belly ; flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts, reddish brown, indistinctly barred 

 with darker brown ; the under tail-coverts have tips of dull 

 white ; legs, toes, and claws, light brown. 



The whole length of the bird is rather less than four 

 inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, one 

 inch and seven-eighths : the first wing-feather only half as 

 long as the second ; the second the same length as the 

 seventh ; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, nearly equal 

 in length, but the fourth rather the longest. 



The female, according to M. Temminck, is the smaller 

 bird, rather more red in colour, and the transverse bars less 

 distinct. 





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