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figure closely resembles his description. There is no apparent difference 
in the sexes. 
Mr. Reeve writes: — "The crown of the head, back, and scapularies 
are dark ashy -brown, each feather having a narrow streak of brown 
down the centre, shadowed with a rusty red." 
The figure of the egg is from a long series in my own collection 
sent me by Von Heuglin, and collected by Her Glitzch in Southern 
Russia. The eggs vary a good deal, some being blotched with a lighter 
brown, others quite white. 
