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are pale buff; under tail -coverts white : legs and toes brown ; 

 the claws black, and but slightly curved. 



The whole length is twelve inches and a half. From the 

 carpal joint to the end of the wing, five inches and five- 

 eighths ; the first wing-feather half the length of the se- 

 cond ; the second rather longer than the eighth, and one 

 quarter of an inch shorter than the seventh ; the third and 

 sixth feathers equal in length, but a little shorter than the 

 fourth and fifth, which are also equal, and the longest in 

 the wing. 



The plumage of the female is rather paler in colour than 

 that of the male, and the buff has much less of the rufous 

 tinge ; the white parts of the tertials are without any of 

 the buff colour observable in the males. 



In young birds the feathers on the breast and flanks are 

 crossed with narrow dusky lines. 



The vignette is a view of Fulham Church, with part of 

 the Bishop's Walk, taken from Putney Terrace. 



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