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by two broad black bars; underparts white, suffused with yellow on the breast, and ornamented on 
the cheeks, breast, and flanks with large black guttate spots; axillaries brown with white bases; 
lower primary-coverts brown ; lower secondary wing-coverts white, with nearly black bases. Тһе 
Geocichline markings on the inner webs of the quills are white. 
Bil dark brown, paler at the base of the under mandible; tarsi, toes, and claws pale flesh- 
colour; second primary intermediate in length between the sixth and seventh ; outer tail-feathers 
'1 inch shorter than the longest. 
Length of wing 4:9 to 4:5 inches, tail 9:7 to 3:4 inches, culmen 1:0 to “9 inch, tarsus 1:8 to 1:2 
inch ; bastard-primary generally projecting beyond the primary-coverts, its exposed portion measuring 
"9 to ^75 inch. 
Young in first plumage are unknown. 
In newly moulted autumn plumage the olive-brown of the upper parts is slightly suffused with 
russet. 
The Plate represents an example purchased from Mr. Whitely, who received it from Natal, and 
is of full size. А poor, but recognizable figure was given by Smith in 1839 in his * Illustrations of 
the Zoology of South Africa' (pl. xxxix.). 
