CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. 



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surface of the body and wings, pale wood-brown, tinged 

 with reddish buff; wing-primaries black ; the tail-feathers, 

 with the exception of the middle pair, have an angular black 

 spot near the end. The chin white ; the front of the 

 neck, the breast, and under surface of the body, buffy 

 white, palest on the vent and under tail-coverts ; legs and 

 toes cream colour ; the claws brown. 



The whole length ten inches and one quarter. From 

 the carpal joint to the end of the wing, six inches: the 

 form of the wing-pointed, the first and second quill- 

 feathers being nearly of equal length, and the longest in the 

 wing. 



The sexes in plumage resemble each other; but, as 

 usual in such cases, the young birds of the year diifer from 

 both. These young have the feathers clouded with two 

 shades of pale brown, with dark, irregular transverse lines 

 of dusky ash-colour, as shown in the representation ; the 

 lines round the back of the head as yet not very conspi- 

 cuous; the dark feathers of the wing edged on the 

 inner web with buff colour. 



