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interior rufous markings. The back and 

 rump are blackish with rufous-grey mar- 

 gins. The upper tail-coverts are brown 

 with pale rufous margins and interior 

 markings. The tail-feathers are brown, 

 margined with whitish. The upper wing- 

 coverts are grey with whitish margins, 

 and gradually becoming wholly whitish 

 near the speculum. The quills of the 

 wing and the speculum are similar to the 

 same parts in the male, except that the 

 inner long quills, next the body, are 

 brown, margined paler, and not lengthened, 

 narrow, or curved, as in the male. The 

 breast is rufous, each feather with a 

 regular, broad, black, circular border, and 

 a pale margin. The remainder of the 

 lower plumage and the sides of the body 

 are pale rufous or fulvous, streaked and 

 variegated with brown. The axillaries 

 are white, and the under wing-coverts 

 white with some brown marks along the 

 margin of the wing. 



According to Messrs. Hume and 

 Marshall, the male, in post-nuptial plu- 

 mage, resembles the female, but may be 

 recognised by a certain amount of green 

 metallic gloss which is retained on the 

 head, and by the whiter or greyer and 

 more spotted under-surface. 



