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are white, but the sides are marked with black 

 waved lines, leaving two broad bands behind ; legs 

 and feet greyish-brown. Length, from bill to tail, 

 sixteen inches. 



Female. — Smaller. Head brown, with dusky- 

 spots ; over eye a brownish-white band with dusky 

 streaks. The feathers of the upper parts are dark 

 brown tinged with green, and have reddish-brown 

 edges and whitish tips ; wing coverts brown. The 

 speculum or beauty-spot dull green ; throat white ; 

 the fore-neck and breast greyish-white, marked with 

 brown ; side feathers brown, with white margins. 

 Rest of lower parts white. 



