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the eye and the space in front of the eye 

 pale buff. The chin, throat, cheeks and 

 the sides of the neck are chestnut. The 

 whole upper plumage, the closed wings 

 and the middle tail-feathers are brown, 

 closely and rather regularly cross-barred 

 with pale buff. The remaining tail- 

 feathers are chestnut, tipped paler. The 

 first ten quills of the wing are rufous ter- 

 minated with brown. The lower plumage 

 from the throat downwards is white, 

 each feather with a double margin, the 

 inner portion black and the outer brown. 

 The feathers under the tail are pale 

 rufous. 



The male is larger than the female. 

 Length of the former about 14; wing 

 about 7 ; tail about 4 ; length of the 

 latter about 13 ; wing 6| ; tail about 3^ ; 

 legs red ; irides brown ; bill black or dark 

 brown. Weight about 18 oz. 



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