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coverts and inner secondaries metallic olive-brown, finally barred 

 with black, and buff and with broad buff bars and spots on the 

 outer part of the wing ; quills blue or vinous, grey finely barred 

 with black, the outer primaries with broad alternate bands of 

 black and buff on the outer webs, the inner primaries and second- 

 aries with broad buff marks only, which become oval spots on the 

 inner secondaries. Chin and neck mottled brown and white ; 

 breast and flanks brown, the latter mottled with white and the 

 breast edged with dark brown next the abdomen which, with the 

 under tail coverts, is white ; a buff or white band passes up from 

 the breast to form a shoulder girdle which connects with the buff 

 scapulary lines, the borders to this band are black or darker 

 brown than the adjoining parts. Under wing-coverts vermiculated 

 grey, black and white ; axillaries pure white and there is a broad 

 white band formed by the tips of the medium under wing coverts. 

 " Length, 9-25 to 10*0 ; wing 4-9 to 5-2 ; tail from vent 1-5 to 

 1*8 ; tarsus 1*65 to 1-83 ; bill at front 1-65 to 1*85 ; weight 3*5 

 to 4-9 oz." (Hume). 



" The legs and feet are generally greenish, usually a pale 

 yellowish green, or greenish yellow, often greyer and duskier, or 

 somewhat hoary on the joints and toes ; sometimes however they 

 are a deep olive, sometimes pale bluish overlaid with a greenish 

 tinge, and sometimes simply dull pale green ; the claws are brown, 

 sometimes paler, sometimes darker. 



" The irides vary from hazel to very deep brown, and have 

 sometimes a greenish or olive tinge. 



" The bill is very variable ; typically it is a pale fleshy brown, 

 darker or purer brown towards the tip, and with a greenish tinge 

 towards the base ; it is subject however to a good deal of variation" 

 (Hume). 



The above description of the soft parts as given by Hume refers 

 to both male and female. 



Adult female. — The circle round the eye and the band behind it 

 are pure white. The chin, throat, neck and extreme upper breast 

 a rich chestnut, with a broad pectoral band of blackish brown 

 running up as far as the scapulars and succeeded by a pure white 

 band which is again followed by another brown band, intercepted 



