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are chestnut- brown, shading into white on the centre of the belly; and 

 the feathers of the chin and upper throat are tipped with white. The 

 under tail-coverts are grey, with whitish tips. Bill very dark brown, 

 paler at the base of the lower mandible ; legs, feet, and claws pale brown ; 

 irides orange-yellow. The female differs from the male in having the 

 general colour of the underparts pale cinnamon-brown, instead of rich 

 chestnut-brown. The autumnal moult causes but little change in the 

 colour of the plumage. Birds of the year are slightly paler and browner 

 above, and have the underparts considerably paler than those of the adult 

 female. 



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