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color of the tertials forms a narrow stripe along the wing above 

 the coverts and speculum. Primaries, brownish gray. Breast 

 vinaceous, covered with round black spots, growing indistinct on 

 the lower part of breast. Belly, white; sometimes tinged all 

 over with bufE. Buff patch on either side of crissum. Under tail 

 coverts, black. Bill, black. Legs and feet, bluish gray. Total 

 length, 14^ inches; wing, 7I; bill, i^; tarsus, ij. 



Adult Female. — Top of head and hind neck, fuscous; feathers 

 margined with ochraceous. Sides of head andneck, buflfy white, 

 speckled with dusky. Chin and throat, buflE. Upper parts, 

 dusky; feathers, barred and margined with pale buff and ochra- 

 ceous, intermixed. Wing similar to the male, the speculum 

 smaller, and the tertials colored like the back. Rump and upper 

 tail coverts, fuscous, margined with white. Tail, pointed, fus- 

 cous, edged with white. Upper part of breast, dark buff, spotted 

 with fuscous. Rest of under parts, white, with nebulous dusky 

 spots, most numerous on anal region and under tail coverts. 

 Bill, black. Legs and feet, bluish gray. Total length, 14J 

 inches; wing, 6^; culmen, i^; tarsus, i. 



Young Male. — Sides and belly, pure white; rest of plumage 

 like female. 



Downy Young, — Head, neck, and lower parts, pale buff; 

 darkest on top of head and nape, which is grayish brown. A 

 dusky stripe behind the eye, and a dusky spot over the ears. 

 Upper parts, grayish brown, with a buff spot on sides of back 

 and rump. 



