clutch. The ground-colour v.u ic-, from very pale buff to pale brown, blotched, 

 spotted or streaked with curious writing-like scrawlings of dark brown, and a 

 few grey underlying ^|><>ts Some specimens arc covered with little round 

 spots, pretty evenly distributed over the entire surface; others are covered with 

 spots resembling small tadpoles, having each a tail, while some are covered 

 with fantastic scrawlings. They vary from 2*4 to 2'O inches in length, and 

 from i '5 to i'4 inch in breadth; they are very hard to find, as they so exactly 

 resemble the colour of the sand and pebbles among which they are laid. 



Young in down are dark grey on the upper parts as far as the throat, 

 marked with black on the head and back, and are white on the under parts. 



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