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nape and sides of the neck bluish-grey; im many in- 
stances varied with a few darker streaks. Back, scapu- 
lars, and wing-coverts chesnut-brown, with the margins 
of the feathers palest. Flanks pale brownish-red. 
Middle of the belly and the vent greyish-white. Quill- 
feathers black, with more or less white on the basal-half 
of their webs, and forming a distinct bar across the 
wings, when closed. ‘Tail considerably forked, with the 
two middle feathers wholly black, and pointed; the rest 
black, margined both on their inner and outer webs with 
white. Legs and toes brown. 
In younger individuals, the red upon the breast and head 
is not so pure in tint, nor to the same extent as in the 
older birds. The grey upon the crown of the head and 
the neck is also more varied with spots and streaks. 
Fig. 4. The female. Natural size. 
Inferior in size tu the male bird. Head and upper parts Female. 
of the body umber-brown; the margins of the feathers 
passing into yellowish-brown. Wiing-coverts chesnut- 
brown. ‘Throat and sides of the neck yellowish-white, 
streaked and varied with yellowish-brown. Breast and 
flanks pale reddish-brown, streaked with umber-brown. 
Middle of the belly yellowish-white. 
The winter-plumage of the male (after the first year) is Male bird 
in winter 
nearly as follows: Crown of the head varied with large plumage. 
black spots, which occupy the centre of the feathers. 
Back and scapulars chesnut-brown, but deeply margined 
with pale yellowish-brown. Breast reddish-brown, with 
the tips of the feathers reddish-white. Flanks with large 
oblong brown streaks. 
