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brown, all the other eight feathers brownish black, with 

 a triangular spot of white at the tip : the form of the tail 

 square at the end ; the ear-coverts are brown ; the throat, 

 breast, belly, and under tail-coverts, pale yellowish brown, 

 with a few small elongated spots of dark brown on the 

 breast ; legs, toes, and claws light brown ; the hind claw 

 straight, and half as long again as the hind toe. 



The whole length of a male bird is rather more than 

 six inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing 

 three inches and three-eighths : the first feather very 

 short ; the second not quite so long as the third, which 

 is the longest in the wing; the fourth and fifth nearly 

 as long as the second. 



The female is rather smaller than the male, and has the 

 spots on the breast more numerous. 



