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the crown above the ear-coverts, but not sufficient to form 
which are also seen on the sides of 
feathers of the former mesially streaked with 
an eyebrow ; throat and fore-neck sandy buff, the 
light brown, the fore 
under surface conspicuously mottled, th 
light-brown edging, before which there is a distinct sub-terminal shade of darker brown; lower 
abdomen and vent white; under tail-coverts pale sandy buff or cream-colour, with brown bases, 
and margined with brown, less distinctly оп the longer ones; thighs brown, externally tipped with 
rather broadly edged with pale sandy brown; quills 
-neck being sandy buff, with brown margins to the feathers; remainder of 
e feathers having an ovate white centre, with a distinct 
white; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, 
brown below, sandy brown along the inner web, forming а conspicuous quill-lining. Total length 
9:5 inches, culmen 1:2, wing 53, tail 3:6, tarsus 1% [R. B. $.] 
