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under this from above the eye, and down the hinder 

 part of the side of the neck is a streak of white ; 

 the cheeks, sides, and front of the neck are reddish 

 brown, thickly streaked with white ; the chin is black ; 

 back, rump and tail-coverts, and some of the scapu- 

 lars, dusky in the centres, margined with palish hair- 

 brown ; from the scapulars arise some long narrow 

 feathers which hang down over the wing, these have 

 a streak of white in the centre which is bordered 

 with black, shaded to grey on the outer web ; the 

 lesser wing- coverts are pale grey ; the greater coverts 

 darker, tinged with brown and tipped with white ; 

 the primary quills dusky brown; the speculum on 

 the secondaries small, and not very bright, green, 

 these feathers are narrowly margined with white, 

 some of the tertials are dark brown and others pale 

 grey margined with white ; the tail the same as the 

 primary quills ; the breast is dark brown, almost 

 black, thickly marked with semicircular bands of 

 pale reddish brown; the flanks, thighs and vent 

 white, pencilled with black ; between the thighs and 

 under tail-coverts is a narrow white band ; the under 

 tail-coverts white, spotted with black; legs, toes and 

 webs greyish brown. The female has the head and 

 back of the neck very dark brown, mottled with pale 

 brown ; just over the eye is a pale yellowish white 

 streak ; the cheeks and sides of the neck are pale 

 whitish brown, streaked with dark brown ; the 

 feathers of the back, scapulars, rump and tail-coverts 



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