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middle coverts bistre, with black-bordered bufify shaft-markings; 

 greater coverts exteriorly bistre, becoming burnt umber over the terti- 

 aries, with more or less concealed buffy shaft-lines, bordered on the 

 outer webs with blackish; primary coverts bistre; edge of wing nar- 

 rowly marked with buff and black; under wing-coverts (exteriorly) 

 bistre, varied with buff and dusky black ; inwardly russet. 



Dimensions, — Wing, 4.15 inches; tail,3.41inches; tarsus, 0.90 inches; 

 culmen, 1.50 inches. 



