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Immature. — Head, back and scapulars earth-brown, 

 with sHghtly paler edges to the feathers, the scapulars 

 somewhat tinged with rufous. Among the latter may 

 be noticed two or three deep chestnut feathers which 

 suggest the first appearance of the adult plumage ; 

 the long scapulars, innermost secondaries, and middle 

 tail-feathers bronze-brown, the latter tipped with buff, 

 the outer tail-feathers white marked with pale brown ; 

 the lesser upper wing-coverts show the remains of youth, 

 and are similar to the previous stage but not quite so 

 bright, the secondaries differ from the previous stage in 

 having more white ; fore-head and lores dusky ; a line 

 over the eye and continued round the nape buffy- 

 white becoming whiter on the nape : a dark Une from 

 behind the eye joining the black collar on the hind- 

 neck, which extends in an incomplete band across the 

 chest; under surface white. (April.) 



The next stage differs from the fully adult by being 

 darker on the upper surface, in being rufous on the 

 scapulars instead of maroon-chestnut ; paler rufous 

 on the upper tail-coverts, the biiff tips to the central 

 tail-feathers, the incomplete black fore-head and the 

 very much narrower band on the chest, which is also 

 intermixed with buff. (May.) 



The next stage is the fully adult. 



G. M. Mathews. 



