crossed at intervals of about two inches with a narrow irregular band of black and a second broader and 

 more decided band of the same colour, the space between the bands being- of a similar but paler tint than 

 the body of the feather ; the second band of black, moreover, becomes broader, and gradually blends with 

 the general colour of the feathers as they approach the extremity ; on some the intermediate pale band is 

 white ; feathers of the under surface marked like the upper, but the bordering is not luminous, and terminates 

 in dull grey, within which, on the lower part of the sides of the abdomen, is a narrow line of white ; eye- 

 orbits red ; bill horn-colour ; feet bluish horn-colour. 



The female has a patch of dark brown at the back of the head, with a narrow bordering of rufous at the 

 end of each feather ; feathers of the head and upper surface generally mottled with rufous, with a narrow 

 edging of black at the tip, and with a stripe down the centre, which on the sides of the neck and shoulders is 

 white, and on the other parts deep buff; rump and upper tail-coverts deep rust-red, each feather faintly 

 barred with dark brown ; some of the wing-coverts marked at the tip with black and white, as in the male, 

 but the marks are broader and not so pure ; throat deep buff; feathers of the under surface brown, largely 

 striped down the centre, and tipped, with pale or creamy buff, and bordered on each side with tawny ; tail 

 short, central feathers greyish brown, freckled with dark brown ; lateral feathers rufous, crossed obliquely 

 near the tip with dark brown, beyond which the end is white. 



The Plate represents the two sexes, about two-thirds of the natural size. 



