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pale rufous marked with black. The tail 

 is black with some firm rufous cross-bars 

 and very narrowly tipped with white. 

 The first ten quills of the wing are dark 

 brown. The chin and throat are white. 

 The whole lower plumage is brown, each 

 feather with a pale rufous or whitish shaft- 

 streak and mottled with rufous. 



Length of male about 26 ; wing about 

 n^; tail about 9. Length of female 

 about 24; wing about io| ; tail about 8. 

 Legs greenish ; irides brown ; bill brown 

 to blackish ; the bare skin on the sides of 

 the face of the male blue. Weight up to 

 5 Ib. 4 oz. 



