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of white feathers surrounds the bill; iris, dark, dusky brown. 

 Head on the sides, crown, and neck on the back, rather dark 

 and fine rufous chocolate brown, the nape paler, shading into 

 yellowish brown on the sides of the neck; throat, also rufous 

 chocolate brown; breast above, reddish fawn-colour; below, 

 white; on the sides, broadly barred with pale brown and 

 greyish white, with which each feather is broadly tipped; 

 back, on the upper part, brownish grey, shaded off into 

 yellowish brown, with dull yellowish white edges and tips to 

 the feathers; below, greyish black, the feathers on the lower 

 part tipped with white. 



The wings, when closed, extend from an inch to an inch 

 and a half beyond the end of the tail. Greater wing 

 coverts, dark brownish black; lesser wing coverts, brownish 

 grey, edged and tipped with dull white. Primaries, greyish 

 lead-colour, with white shafts, the second quill feather is the 

 longest in the wing; secondaries, dark leaden grey, the ends 

 nearly white; tertiaries, dusky brownish grey, with dull 

 greyish white outer edges and tips; the shafts are strong 

 and broad. Tail, grey, the feathers broadly tipped and edged 

 with white; the shafts white; underneath the tail is white; 

 it consists of fourteen feathers; upper tail coverts, white, with 

 a pale crescent-shaped mark; under tail coverts, white; legs 

 and toes, pink, with a tinge of red: the hind toe is short. 

 Claws, black, paler at the base; webs, reddish pink. 



In some specimens there are a few white feathers about 

 the base of the bill. 



