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feather (very old birds gradually lose these dusky 

 marks, and the whole of the upper parts become 

 plain brick- dust red) ; tail-coverts bluish grey ; tail 

 the same, with a broad bar of dusky near the end, 

 tips of the feathers white, shafts black ; quills dusky, 

 very narrowly edged with yellowish white ; breast 

 light buff, slightly tinged with bluish grey, in the 

 centre of each feather a narrow streak of dusky, 

 broader at the base ; belly buff, spotted with dusky ; 

 elongated feathers on the thighs and the under tail- 

 coverts buff; legs yellow. 



The plumage of the female is as follows : Head 

 and neck reddish brown, streaked with dusky ; part 

 under the eyes and the ear-coverts nearly black ; 

 back and scapulars brick-dust red, not so bright as 

 in the male, with broader dusky triangular spots; 

 secondaries and tertials the same ground colour, 

 only barred with dusky; quills dusky, edged with 

 dull white ; tail-coverts dull bluish grey, barred with 

 dusky ; base of tail-feathers the same ; centre of the 

 feathers the same as the back, barred with dusky, a 

 broad bar of dusky at the end ; tips dirty white ; all 

 the under parts dull buff, streaked with dusky in 

 centre of each feather. 



Young males of the year resemble the females ; 

 young birds from the nest are funny little balls of 

 white down. 



The eggs of this species vary much, and, as I be- 

 fore remarked, may easily pass for those of the 



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