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dusky, the tail-feathers blackish, excepting the two middle ones, which 

 are of the same reddish-brown as the upper tail-coverts. 



In summer, the male changes its aspect considerably ; the brownish- 

 black bands on the head and neck becoming deep black, the throat and 

 frontal band white, and the upper parts light brownish-red. 



Fig. 3 represents the Male in winter ; Fig. 1 in summer. 



Length 7| inches, extent of wings 14; bill /^ ; tarsus 1 inch. 



Adult Female. Plate CC. Fig. 2. 



The female is dusky-brown above, dull white beneath, the wings 

 and tail as in the male ; but it wants the black bands on the head and 

 neck. 



Nestlings. Plate CC. Fig. 4, 5, 6. 



The bill and feet flesh-coloured ; iris brown ; the upper parts deep 

 brown, mottled with pale reddish-brown ; the lower parts pale yellowish- 

 grey. 



