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barred with black. The tail-feathers are 

 black, barred and broadly tipped with 

 fulvous, except the terminal portions of 

 the middle feathers, which are wholly 

 black. The first five quills of the wing 

 are blackish, and the next five are black 

 tipped with dull white. The lower breast 

 is occupied by a broad unspotted fulvous 

 band, the belly is fulvous barred with 

 chocolate-brown, and the feathers under 

 the tail are fulvous. 



Length, up to 13 ; wing about 7 ; tail up 

 to about 5|; legs bluish; irides brown; 

 bill bluish. Weight up to nearly 10 oz. 



