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with white and each feather with a large 

 black mark and some chestnut near the 

 tip. The tail-feathers are pale rufous 

 mottled and barred with buff, the outer 

 feathers becoming quite plain rufous. 

 The throat and sides of the head are pale 

 chestnut, and there is a pale band over 

 the eye with another black band from the 

 eye down the side of the neck. The 

 foreneck and breast are pale ferruginous 

 spotted with white and chestnut. The 

 remainder of the lower plumage is pale 

 ferruginous with large round or heart- 

 shaped black spots on the lower breast 

 and over the whole of the sides of the 

 body. 



Length about 14 ; wing about 6 ; tail 

 about 4! ; legs greenish ; irides brown ; 

 bill dark brown. Weight up to 14 oz. 



