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back and scapulars are dark brown, the 

 feathers margined with fulvous. The 

 rump is dark brown, each feather edged 

 with ashy. The tail and the upper tail- 

 coverts are brown, edged with fulvous. 

 The upper wing-coverts are brown, nar- 

 rowly edged paler, the lower series, as in 

 the male, tipped with cinnamon-red. The 

 quills and the speculum are the same as 

 in the wing of the male, except that the 

 metallic portion of the speculum is much 

 less in extent and sometimes extremely 

 small and indistinct, but never entirely 

 absent. The breast is fulvous, with large, 

 partially concealed, round, brown spots. 

 The abdomen is dull white ; the under 

 tail-coverts white blotched with brown ; 

 and the sides of the body rich brown, the 

 feathers broadly margined with bright 

 fulvous. The under wing-coverts are 

 brown with a central white patch, and 

 the axillaries are white, mottled with 

 brown at the tips. 



The male, in post-nuptial plumage, 

 resembles the female very closely, and 

 appears to be distinguishable only by the 

 nearly uniform colour of the back, the 

 feathers of which are barely margined 

 paler. 



The female is rather smaller than the 



