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innermost are white, with the exception of 

 the first three, which have their outer 

 portions black. The middle tail-feathers 

 are black mottled with fulvous, the other 

 with less fulvous, the outer feathers being 

 entirely black with white tips. 



The male in winter plumage and the 

 female at all seasons have the whole 

 upper plumage, wings and tail pale fulvous 

 much marked in various ways with black, 

 the tail in addition being barred with black. 

 The quills of the wing are black mottled 

 with fulvous. The lower plumage is pale 

 fulvous, the foreneck and breast being 

 mottled with black. 



Male : length up to 25 ; wing about 13 ; 

 tail about 7. Female : length up to 28 ; 

 wing about 14; tail rather more than 7. 

 Legs dull yellow ; irides brown (Jerdori), 

 yellow (Hume) ; bill brown above, yellowish 

 below. The weight of a fine bird is said 

 to be as much as 5 Ib. 



