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yellowish-white, the rest of the head and the hind neck greyish- 
white, spotted with dusky. The upper parts are variegated with 
black, yellowish-brown, and white, the feathers being tipped with 
the latter. The hind part of the rump, the upper tail-coverts, and the 
tail-feathers, white, transversely barred with brownish-black, the tail 
tipped with white, and having four dark bars on the middle feathers, 
and seven or eight on the outer webs of the rest. Alula, primary 
coverts, and primary quills brownish-black, the coverts terminally mar- 
- gined with white ; shafts of the primaries about the middle, and part 
of the inner web towards the base, white ; the inner six with a white 
patch on the outer web towards the base, and margined with white ex- 
ternally ; the outer secondary feathers white at the base and margined 
with the same ; the inner dusky, with marginal white triangular spots. 
A narrow ring round the eye, and a broad longitudinal band on the 
side of the neck white ; loral space, cheeks, fore part of neck, breast, 
and axillar feathers, black ; the rest of the lower parts white, the lower 
primary coverts grey towards the end. 
Length to end of tail 113 inches, to end of wings 12}, to end of 
claws 14; extent of wings 25; wing from flexure 81; tail 33; bill 
along the ridge 14, along the edge of lower mandible 1}; bare part of 
tibia 3 ; tarsus 2; hind toe 13; middle toe 1}, its claw } ; outer toe and 
claw 13; inner toe 1. Weight 63 oz. 
The Female resembles the male, but has the black of the lower 
parts of a less deep tint. 
Young about a week old. Plate CCCX XXIV. Fig. 2. 
Bill and feet dull greenish-brown. Iris brown. The general co- 
lour is pale brownish-yellow, mottled with dusky ; a whitish ring round 
the eye; tail with a black band, rump whitish, primary quills dusky, 
the outer edges of the secondaries whitish. 
The young in autumn. 
Bill greyish-black ; feet bluish-grey. The upper parts brownish- 
black, spotted with white, some of the spots yellow; the wings and 
tail as in the adult, but the latter tinged with grey, and having eight 
dark bars on all the feathers. The fore part and sides of the neck, 
and the sides of the body, greyish-white, mottled with brownish-grey ; 
axillary feathers brownish-black; the rest of the lower parts white. 
