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Aduit ^^*^^^^' — General color, light pinkish cinnamon, upper 

 parts bal"^®*^^'"' black, more inclined to blotches, the bars fre- 

 <itientl\/ *^^"^® together in places, and streaked with buff; head, 

 w'iilif^^' black or white stripes, barred on top and on crest with 

 h\i\cir^'' ^^^^^^' pinky white; a few black spots on flanks, and 

 I ..Aver parts of chest; abdomen and anal region, buff; secondaries, 

 brownish black, barred with pale cinnamon; primaries, dark 

 brown, spotted with white on outer webs; maxilla, black; mandi- 

 ble, pale horn color; claws, horn color. Total length, 8f inches; 

 wing, 5; tail, aj; tarsus, ij, bill, along culmen, g. 



Voun^, about Half Grown. — Similar on upper parts to the 

 female; throat and chin, pure white; under parts, brownish 

 white, spotted with blackish brown, and streaked with buffy 

 white; some black feathers appearing among the brown on the 

 anal region; top of head rich brown, barred with black, and 

 streaked with buffy white along the shaft ; wings, pinkish cinna- 

 mon, streaked with white, and occasional blackish bars across 

 the feathers; primaries, as in the adult. Bill, light horn color. 



Downy Young. — Head, pale brown; becoming gradually 

 whitish on the throat, the occiput with a broad patch of chest- 

 nut; a blackish streak behind the eye; upper parts rusty brown- 

 ish, indistinctly spotted with dusky, the rump bordered along 

 each side by a whitish stripe; lower parts nearly uniform dull 

 white . —Ridgway. 



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