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dense brushwood. The eggs are six^to 

 ten in number and vary in colour from 

 a creamy white to a pinkish buff. They 

 have very little or no gloss, and measure 

 from i '5 5 to r&$ in length by from 1*13 

 to 1*3 in breadth. 



The male has the forehead black, each 

 feather edged with grey. The crest and 

 the crown are dark brown. The upper 

 plumage and the visible portions of the 

 closed wings are dull chestnut, all the 

 feathers broadly margined with grey, and, 

 except those on the back, stippled with 

 black. The tail is brown mottled with 

 rufous. The throat and the sides of the 

 neck are greyish brown and the lower 

 plumage is bright chestnut, each feather 

 margined with grey. The lower part 

 of the belly and the thighs are smoky 

 brown. The first ten quills of the wing 

 are plain brown. 



The females are of two distinct types, 

 varying in the colour of the upper plumage. 

 In all, however, the forehead is grey 

 streaked with black and the crest and 

 crown are blackish. In the first type, 

 the whole upper plumage and the visible 

 portions of the closed wings are chestnut 

 mottled and barred with black, the whole 

 presenting a somewhat streaked appear- 



