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paler near the shaft. The inner primaries 

 are ashy grey on both webs and tipped 

 with dark brown. The secondaries are 

 ashy grey, the outer web freckled with 

 dusky, and both webs tipped with white. 

 Sometimes the dusky freckles are replaced 

 by an indistinct dark band in front of the 

 white terminal margin. The secondaries 

 on the inner side of the speculum are 

 narrowly margined with dusky on the 

 outer web. The axillaries are white and 

 the under wing-coverts nearly entirely so. 

 The adult female has the head, the 

 neck and the mantle dull reddish brown, 

 dark on the crown, light and frequently 

 almost whitish on the throat and the sides 

 of the head. The breast is very dull 

 reddish brown, each feather margined 

 with grey or yellowish brown. The re- 

 maining lower plumage is brownish grey, 

 becoming darker towards the tail and 

 vermiculated with brown on the lower 

 part of the abdomen and the sides of the 

 body. The back and the scapulars are 

 brown vermiculated with grey. The wing 

 resembles that of the adult male, but there 

 is hardly a trace of venniculations on the 

 coverts. The rump and the upper tail- 

 coverts are dark brown speckled with 

 grey ; the tail dark brown. The axillaries 



