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which is surrounded by a double ring, 

 the inner of which is black and the outer 

 grey. The throat is white and the whole 

 lower plumage dark brown mottled and 

 dotted with white. 



The female has the whole upper 

 plumage, the closed wings and tail dark 

 brown or blackish, the feathers of the 

 rump with small triangular white marks, 

 the feathers of the back and wings each 

 with a large black patch near the tip, 

 more or less glossy or metallic, and 

 fringed with a series of whitish spots. 

 All the tail-feathers, except the middle 

 pair, have a pair of bright but ill-defined 

 metallic ocelli. The throat is white and 

 the lower plumage brown mottled with 

 buff. 



Length of male about 25 ; wing about 

 8; tail about 13. Length of female 

 about 20; wing about y| ; tail 9. Legs 

 plumbeous or blackish ; irides white ; 

 bill brown to black ; skin of face pale 

 yellow. 



