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with numerous black spots; those on front of the neck 
triangular in shape, with one angle pointing upwards; the 
spots on the breast, belly, and sides are round; under 
surface of the wings and tail grey; tarsi and toes pale 
brown ; the claws dark brown. 
Males and females exhibit but little difference in size or 
plumage. 
The whole length of the adult bird is about eleven inches. 
From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, five inches 
and three-quarters; the first wing-feather only one inch 
long ; the second feather the same length as the fifth; the 
third and fourth feathers equal, and the longest in the wing. 
The young bird when about to leave the nest exhibits’ 
a greater variety of markings on the upper surface of the 
body than the parent birds; the feathers on the head, 
neck, upper part of the back, and smaller wing-coverts, 
have a central stripe of buff, with a black spot at the tip ; 
those of the greater coverts and tertials have broad ex- 
ternal edges of rich buff. On the under surface the chin 
is white; the other parts tinged with fawn colour, and 
marked with black spots. 
