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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



blended ; tail-feathers chestnut ; breast pearl-grey ; belly, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts fawn colour; sides, flanks, 

 and thighs are barred with white, black, pearl-grey, and 

 fawn colour ; legs and toes red ; claws brown. The male 

 has on the leg a rounded knob in the place of a spur. 



The female resembles the male, except that her plumage 

 is not so bright, and the markings are not so well defined. 

 She is also devoid of the knob-like spur on the leg. 



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