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and tipt with white, the next tipt and edged for half an inch 

 with the same, the rest dusky, edged with pale brown; bill 

 dark brown above, paler below; round the eye is a narrow cir- 

 cle of white; upper part of the breast yellowish white, thickly 

 streaked with pointed spots of black that pass along the sides; 

 belly and vent white; legs and feet flesh coloured; third wing 

 feather from the body nearly as long as the tip of the wing when 

 shut. 



I can perceive little or no difference between the colours and 

 markings of the male and female. 



