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neck, breast, belly, and all the under surface of the body, 

 dull white, streaked transversely with pale brown ; legs 

 yellowish-brown. 



The whole length of this specimen eighteen inches. From 

 the carpal joint to the end of the longest quill-feather fif- 

 teen inches and a half; the ends of the wings reaching two 

 inches beyond the tail. 



Faber mentions, that the young bird before becoming 

 matured in colour measures twenty inches and three-quar- 

 ters in length ; that the spots on the plumage are lost by 

 degrees, and in the fourth summer they have the same 

 colour as the old birds. 



