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conspicue albo terminatis : Cauda brunnea, pennis centralibus versus apicem cinerasceutibus ad basin 

 fulvescentibus, rectrice extima omnino alba prater marginem interiorem famosum pogonii intend, 

 penultima, brunnea, pogonio externo albo, tertia fere omnino brunnea, extus versus apicem angustissime 

 albido limbata : loris et supercilio distincto albidis : regione auriculari rufescente, brunneo mixto : genis 

 fulvescentibus rufescente lavatis et punctulis parvis brunneis notatis : gutture toto fulvescenti-albido 

 punctulis brunneis maculato : pectore superiore obscuriore fulvo, brunneo medialiter striato, pectoris 

 lateribus magis rufescentibus lineis medianis latioribus : corpore reliquo subtus fulvescenti-albido, 

 hypochondriis et cruribus rufescenti-brunneis, illis brunneo longitudinaliter striatis : subalaribus 

 fumosis, paulld fulvescente tinctis : rostro brunneo, mandibula carnea : pedibus flavicanti-brunneis : 

 iride brunnea. 



6 hiem. similis ptilosi Bestivse, sed obscurior et fulvescentior : plumis omnibus late fulvo marginatis : subtus 

 fulvo distincte tinctus. 



Pull, rufescens : plumis medialiter nigricanti-brunneis, fulvo marginatis et albo terminatis : tectricibus alarum 

 brunneis, anguste nigro et latius fulvo marginatis : cauda ut ala color ata, sed rectricibus externis prater 

 marginem pogonii interni albis et penultimis late albo marginatis : subtus lactescenti-fulvus, pectore 

 superiore late brunneo striato : subalaribus fulvescentibus paullo fumoso tinctis. 



Adult male in spring plumage. Above brown, here and there tinged with rufous, the edges to the feathers 

 sandy, especially on the hind neck, where this colour predominates, so as to make this part appear 

 entirely of a sandy colour with little brown markings interspersed; crown of the head crested, the 

 plumes of the crest rounded, and seldom pointed, except where the edges have been somewhat abraded, 

 the feathers dark brown down the centre, with edgings of sandy brown ; the rump clearer ashy grey, 

 and the upper tail-coverts rufous brown ; scapulars coloured exactly like the back ; wing-coverts more 

 decidedly sandy, the greater and median coverts brown, strongly washed with orange-buff and edged 

 with white ; quills dark brown, the primaries narrowly edged with white on the outer web, the secon- 

 daries very clearly edged with rufous near the base of the feather, verging into whitish towards the tip, 

 the smallest secondaries conspicuously tipped with white, the innermost ones nearest the back washed 

 with ashy grey ; tail brown, the two central feathers washed with buff near the base, verging into ashy 

 grey towards the tip; the outer feather entirely white, excepting the inner edge of the inner web, 

 which is smoke-coloured, the penultimate feather quite brown, excepting the outer web, which is white, 

 the third feather very narrowly margined with white on the outer web ; lores and a very distinct eye- 

 brow whitish ; ear-coverts more brown, washed with sandy and tinged with rufous ; cheeks buffy white, 

 strongly tinged with sandy, and minutely spotted with little brown specks ; throat white, marked here 

 and there with tiny little specks of brown, which collect on the sides of the throat and form an irregular 

 moustache ; upper part of the breast more obscure, strongly tinged with sandy and streaked with brown, 

 the sides of the chest more distinctly rufous and more broadly streaked with brown ; rest of the under 

 surface of the body creamy white, the flanks more dusky, and the thighs inclining to rufous ; under tail- 

 coverts white; under wing-coverts smoky grey; bill greyish brown, yellowish along the edge of the 

 upper mandible, lower mandible flesh-colour; legs yellowish brown; iris brown. Total length 7'7 

 inches, culmen 06, wing 4 - 4, tail 2'8, tarsus 0'9. hind claw 05. 



Adult male in summer plumage. Paler than in spring, except on the back, where the abrasion of the buff 

 margins to the feathers causes the brown centres of the plumes to show more clearly, and thus the back 

 appears darker ; hind part of neck much paler and more distinctly sandy in colour than in spring ; the 

 white edgings to the wing-coverts almost entirely worn off, so that the general appearance of these 

 feathers is greyish brown ; the tail-feathers also much worn, and scarcely a trace of white margin to 



