THE BIRD-LIFE OF LONDON 



with brown on the neck and breast, which are streaked 

 with darF brown, the flanks with sagittate markings of 

 brown, the abdomen and under tail-coverts narrowly 

 marked with the same. Bill long and arched, dark brown, 

 paler at the base ; tarsi and toes lead-grey ; irides brown. 

 Length 21 inches. The female has a longer bill, and the 

 brown markings on the under parts are more numerous, 

 and present also on the rump. The young in first 

 plumage are more ochraceous, and the markings still more 

 numerous. The young in down are greyish buff, mottled 

 on the upper parts with dark brown. 



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