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white tips, the outer webs glossed with 

 green. The rump is black, and the upper 

 tail-coverts white, closely vermiculated 

 with brown, like the sides of the body. 

 The tail is dark brown. 



The adult female, at all seasons, has 

 the forehead, and a band over the eye, 

 dull white mottled with brown. The 

 crown of the head and a band through 

 the eye are dark brown. The sides of 

 the head, the chin and the throat, are 

 greyish white, slightly mottled with brown. 

 The neck and the upper part of the 

 breast are dull white, barred with brown. 

 The mantle is dark brown, freckled with 

 grey. The back, the rump, the scapulars, 

 and the whole of the upper wing-coverts 

 are dark brown, the coverts slightly glossy. 

 The primaries are blackish, the inner ones 

 tipped with whitish. The short secondaries 

 are black, broadly tipped with white ; the 

 long inner secondaries are entirely brown. 

 The upper tail-coverts are light brown 

 more or less tipped with grey ; the tail 

 dark brown. The entire lower plumage is 

 dull white, the dark bases of the feathers 

 more or less visible. The axillaries are 

 brown margined with grey, and the under 

 wing-coverts are brown tipped with dull 

 white. The sides of the body are brown. 



