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black, except a white streak, which extends from the 

 base of the lower mandible down the sides of the 

 throat till it joins a white collar, which extends 

 from the nape of the neck to the breast ; back and 

 scapulars reddish rusty, with black centres to the 

 feathers; rump and tail-coverts bluish grey, with 

 dark centres to the feathers, and very slight margins 

 of light rusty ; lesser wing-coverts chestnut-red, with 

 a black spot near the centre of each feather ; greater 

 coverts nearly black, rather broadly margined with 

 reddish rusty; primary and secondary quills dark 

 dusky, almost black, with very slight light rusty 

 margins ; the tertials have the centres black, with 

 broad margins, especially on the outer web, of red- 

 dish rusty ; the two centre feathers of the tail dusky, 

 with broad margins of brown ; the rest of the 

 feathers, except the two outside ones, dark dusky, 

 almost black ; outside feathers white, except a spot 

 of dusky towards the tip ; the next has the outer web, 

 and a small spot towards the tip of the inner, dusky ; 

 the rest of the inner web white ; throat and breast 

 black; belly and flanks dull grey, streaked mostly 

 on the flanks with brown ; under tail- coverts nearly 

 white. In autumn, after the moult, the black feathers 

 of the head and breast and the white feathers of the 

 collar are broadly margined with rusty, so much so as 

 almost to hide the two distinguishing colours of the 

 head and neck ; legs, toes and claws brown. The 

 female has the head rusty brown, the centres of the 



