OTIS AURITA. 



and part of wing-coverts, black , the rest, and the collar between the neck 

 and shoulders, white. Greater quills hair-brown, eraarginated at about 

 two- thirds of their length, and drawn to a fine point. Secondaries marbled 

 with pale orange, brown and black. Upper parts black, spotted with grey 

 and cream-yellow. Tail cream- white, speckled and barred with black. 

 Legs Sienna-yellow, naked for upwards of two inches above the tarsus, and 

 reticulated. Toes short, the connecting membrane very small. 



The female has the chin and throat white : cheeks and ear-coverts 

 cream or pale ochre-yellow ; the crown of the head with two longitudinal 

 streaks of blackish-brown ; hinder part of neck with very fine zig-zag black 

 lines ; the under part deep cream-yellow, with two lists of black. Breasts 

 with transverse black bars ; under parts pale cream-yellow. The upper 

 parts of the body beautifully marbled with cream-yellow and black. Tail 

 the same. Wing-coverts pale cream-yellow, with distant black bars. Greater 

 quills shewing faintish bars of hair-brown and greyish-white. Legs and 

 bill the same as the male. 



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