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same size with which it associates, in consequence of 

 the very distinct black and white markings about the 

 head and breast. The beak is black at the tip, orange- 

 yellow at the base ; the irides brown ; just over the 

 beak, from thence under the eyes to and including 

 the ear- co verts, is a distinct black band ; the forehead 

 is white ; over the white from eye to eye is another 

 black band, and behind the eye a small patch of 

 white ; top of the head greyish brown ; chin, throat, 

 sides of the neck and a small streak round the back 

 of the neck white ; under this small streak of white 

 is a smaller streak of black extending to the breast, 

 which is black : back, scapulars, rump, tail and 

 lesser wing-coverts greyish brown ; the greater wing- 

 coverts are the same colour, but tipped with white, 

 which, with some white near the base of the primary 

 quills and a few of the exterior tertials (which are 

 white also), makes a conspicuous band of white 

 across the open wing; the rest of the quills are 

 dark dusky, nearly black; the tertials nearest the 

 back are nearly the same colour as that part, but 

 perhaps a shade darker ; the two centre tail-feathers 

 are dusky towards the tip, except a very small spot 

 of dirty white at the tip, the base inclines more to 

 the colour of the back ; there is a distinct white spot 

 on the tip of the next feather on each side, and the 

 white occupies a greater space on each feather 

 towards the outside ; the outside feathers quite 

 white ; belly and all the rest of the under parts pure 



