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pallide brunneis, scapis albis, exterioribus cinerascentibus brunneo marginatis : facie laterali albida, 

 genis nigro minute notatis, fasciam subauricularem vix formantibus : fascia mentali pilosa nigra : 

 corpore reliquo subtus et colic- laterali lsetissime ochrascenti-ferrugineis, plumis paucis albidis variis : 

 subalaribus brunneis, cinerascente lavatis, medialiter fulvescente lineatis et terminatis : rostro cyanes- 

 centi-corneo : pedibus plumbeis : iride aurantiaca. 



Juv. brunneus : dorsi plumis paucis nigricantibus aut brunneis lactescenti-albo medialiter notatis : tectricibus 

 alarum albido variis : pileo undique nigricanti-brunneo paullo fulvescente vario : corpore reliquo subtus 

 fulvescente, pallide ferrugineo lavato. 



Pull, lanugine cinerascenti-fuliginosa indutus, plumis incipientibus purpuraseenti-brunneis, fulvido medialiter 

 lineatis, versus apicem dilatatis : pectoris plumis late apicaliter albidis. 



Adult Male (Sierra de Huetor, Granada, 1870) . Crown of the head and neck creamy white, washed with 

 rust-colour; the thick, strong bristles covering the nostrils, lores, and a broad line passing over and 

 round the eye, almost joined at the back of the crown, jet black ; below the eye, and on the auriculars, 

 a few black feathers are scattered, forming an irregular line ; back and scapulars blackish grey, with a 

 metallic gloss, shafts white, most of the feathers having a narrow central yellow line, giving the upper 

 parts a lineated appearance ; lower part of the back and upper tail-coverts similar to the upper part of 

 the back, but lacking the light central line ; quills dark blackish-grey, washed with slate-grey, the 

 shafts of the feathers being white; secondaries washed with brown; larger coverts dark grey, edged 

 with blackish, median and lesser coverts blackish grey, with a central yellowish or rufous line, 

 broadening towards the tip ; tail wedge-shaped, dark slate-grey, edged with blackish brown, the central 

 feathers washed with brown; on the chin a bunch of black bristles; throat, neck, and rest of the 

 underparts rich light rusty-yellow, darkest on the throat and neck, which are washed with rust-colour ; 

 under wing-coverts blackish grey, with a central line and spot at the tip yellowish rust-coloured ; 

 under tail-coverts rusty yellow; bill bluish horn- colour, darker at tip; iris pale orange; sclerotic 

 membrane blood-red; feet lead-colour, claws pale horn. Total length 43 inches, wing 31, tail 20, 

 tarsus 4 - l, culmen 3*8, height of bill at base l - 5. 



Young Female (Granada, March 1870) . Head and neck covered with lanceolate blackish- brown feathers, 

 intermixed with a few of a rufous colour behind the eye ; lower part of the nape and fore part of the 

 back particoloured, some of the feathers being blackish brown, with a sandy-brown spot at the tip, 

 others, of two shades of brown, much lighter towards the tip ; scapulars similar to the back, lower part 

 of the back and upper tail-coverts earth-brown, most of the feathers with a lighter tip, and here and 

 there a dull buffy-brown feather amongst the others ; quills dark blackish-brown ; secondaries rather 

 lighter, and having the outer web light buff at the base, innermost secondaries washed with grey down 

 the centre ; larger coverts dull brown, very much worn, median and lesser coverts similar to the back, 

 but more intermixed with feathers broadly terminated with whitish buff; tail dark brown, the central 

 feathers very much worn and bleached ; nostrils covered with stiff blackish-brown bristles ; on the chin 

 a short black tuft of bristles ; throat, sides of the head, and neck blackish brown, the feathers here and 

 there having a rufous central line towards the tip ; breast and rest of the underparts dull rufous buff, 

 darkest on the fore part of the breast, being there washed with rusty red ; under wing-coverts dull 

 earth-brown, tipped with buffy white; under tail-coverts dull brownish-buff; iris hazel-brown ; legs and 

 feet dull lead-colour, claws black ; beak dull horn-colour. Total length 43 - 5 inches, wing 31 - 0, tail 21*0, 

 tarsus 3 - 8, culmen 4-2, height of bill at base 1-6. 



Young just emerging from down (Gaitanes, Spain, 4th May). Covered entirely with dull sooty-grey down, 

 washed here and there with yellowish buff, very close in texture ; on the back, especially at the lower 



