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the black part of the mantle being ver- 

 miculated with white. The rump and 

 the upper tail-coverts are black. 



The outer web of the tail-feathers is 

 brown, the inner whitish. The scapulars 

 are. light drab-brown, the bases white, 

 forming a large patch. The margin of 

 the wing is broadly white. The upper 

 wing-coverts and the long inner second- 

 aries are greyish brown. The outer prim- 

 aries are white on the inner web, the tip 

 black ; dark brown on the outer web, 

 more or less paler near the shaft. The 

 inner primaries are white on both webs, 

 the tips black. The outer secondaries are 

 white, or very pale grey, with a blackish 

 band near the tip, and a narrow, white, 

 terminal margin. The following two or 

 three secondaries are pale ashy brown, with 

 a very narrow and indistinct darker margin 

 on the outer web. The under wing-coverts 

 and the axillaries are white. 



The adult female has the forehead, 

 the crown, the hindneck and a small 

 space under the eye, rich brown. The 

 remainder of the head and neck is pale 

 ashy grey. The whole lower plumage is 

 dull white or pale grey, the centres of the 

 feathers slightly darker, causing a some- 

 what mottled appearance. The sides 



