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head, yellowish white, or pale rufous; neck behind, yellowish 

 white with dusky spots; chin, yellowish white; throat, white; 

 the hand on the side of it blackish brown; breast, reddish 

 white, or pale reddish orange, darkest in the middle, with 

 longitudinal markings of a dark brown colour, and the centre 

 of each feather the same; back, brownish black shaded with 

 grey, the feathers edged with pale brown or rufous. The 

 quill feathers of the wings are blackish brown, spotted with 

 brownish white on the inner webs, and tipped with the same; 

 tail, blackish brown, barred and tipped with brownish red, or 

 reddish white, greyish towards the base; legs and toes, greyish 

 or greenish yellow: as the bird advances towards maturity, a 

 bluish shade becomes observable on all the upper parts, while 

 the lower parts become more white, and the dark markings 

 smaller, as well as more inclined transversely than longi- 

 tudinally. 



Sir William Jardine describes a variety in a state of change, 

 as having the upper parts of a tint intermediate between 

 yellowish brown and clove brown. The tail, instead of being 

 barred, has an irregular spot on each web of ochraceous, where 

 the pale bands should be, and the longitudinal streakings of 

 the lower parts wood brown, instead of the deep ruddy umber 

 brown seen generally in the young. 



