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and on the sides, from the head, pale reddish yellow, each 

 feather terminated by a triangular-shaped brownish black spot; 

 neck on the back, and nape, brownish olive; chin, white; 

 throat, yellowish white. Breast, nearly white, or yellowish 

 white, above with spots, below without; on the sides it is 

 more or less tinged with pale reddish and olive. Back, 

 brownish olive, with a tinge of yellowish grey. 



The wings, when closed, reach to near the middle of the 

 tail; they extend in width from one foot one inch to one foot 

 two inches and three quarters; greater wing coverts, brown, 

 and lighter brown with dull buff tips; primaries, secondaries, 

 and tertiaries, deep brown, their outer webs reddish brown, 

 the inner webs tinged with buff or light reddish yellow, and 

 the latter-named tipped with pale buff. The first quill feather 

 is very short and slender, the second nearly as long as the 

 fifth, the third and fourth nearly equal in length, and longer 

 than the second, the third the longest in the wing; larger 

 and lesser under wing coverts, buff or light reddish yellow. 

 The tail is rather narrow, and rounded at the end. Its colour 

 is brownish olive, the inner webs of the feathers darker 

 underneath, it is reddish brown; under tail coverts, white or 

 yellowish white, streaked with brown. Legs and toes, pale 

 yellowish grey, underneath darker and tinged with yellow, 

 the heel dull yellow; claws, brown. 



The female is generally rather smaller than the male. 

 Length, from eight inches to eight and a half. The neck in 

 front and on the sides is of a paler yellow, and the spots 

 also are not so dark. The wings extend from one foot to 

 one foot one inch or over. 



In the young, when fledged, the whole plumage is less 

 compact, and the bill is paler coloured than in the adult bird. 

 The inside of the mouth is orange, and at the corners of the 

 bill yellow; iris, brownish black. Head on the sides, and on 

 the crown, brownish olive, tinged with reddish brown, each 

 feather with a slight central streak of yellow. Neck, brighter 

 in front in the yellow, and the spots darker than in the male 

 the yellow fades with age; chin, darker than in the mature 

 bird. Back above, brownish olive, the feathers lighter in their 

 centre; on its lower part olive brown, tinged with grey. 

 Greater wing coverts, brown, mottled with reddish brown; 

 lesser wing coverts, brown, much streaked and tipped with 

 pale brown; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, dusky, the 

 outer webs of the quills generally tinged with yellowish. Toes, 



