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thers behind the disk white, varied with brown. Chin 

 white, below which is a circle of yellowish-brown fea- 

 thers, with darker bars ; to which succeeds 'another 

 broad circle or collar of white. Crown and nape of the 

 neck dark brown, with the central part of the feathers 

 white, and forming guttated spots. Hind part of the 

 neck with large white spots, and forming a broad angu- 

 lar band. Back and wings liver-brown, with a grey 

 tinge, each feather being spotted with white ; which 

 spots are surrounded with pale yellowish or buff. Wings 

 having the outer webs of the quills with irregular bars 

 of yellowish- white ; third and fourth quill- feathers of 

 nearly equal length, and the longest in the wings. The 

 first quill with the points of the outer barbs reverted. 

 The first, second, third, and fourth, with the inner webs 

 deeply notched ; the second, third, fourth, and fifth, 

 with their outer webs sinuated. Tail brown, with four 

 bars of yellowish-white ; the last being close to the tip. 

 Legs having the tarsi longer than in Noc. Tengmalmi^ 

 and clothed with short downy white feathers. The toes 

 only thinly covered with white hairy feathers, and ex- 

 posing two scales at the extremity of each toe. In the 

 under plumage the breast and belly are white, clouded 

 .and spotted with deep liver-brown ; and the abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts white, 



