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th rich buff, the greater wing-coverts more obscurely s0; primary- 
Chin buffish white ; breast and flanks buffish yellow, shading into | 
pure white on the centre of the belly ; the feathers of the cheeks, throat, breast, and flanks with 
black fan-shaped terminal spots, which are generally entirely obsolete on the chin and centre of belly; 
under tail-coverts white, with the basal half of the margin brown ; axillaries rich buff, greyer at the 
base; under wing-coverts rich buff; inner margin of quills pale brownish buff. Bill dark brown, 
yellowish at the base of the lower mandible. Wings with the third and fourth primaries nearly equal 
and longest, second primary between the fourth and fifth, bastard primary 0-6 to 0:5 inch. Legs and 
feet yellowish brown, claws darker. Length of wing 4:59 to 4:95 inches, tail 8:5 to 2-7, culmen 0:88 
to 0:8, tarsus 1:35 to 1:3. 
« Female. Scarcely to be distinguished from the male. 
«The abrasion which takes place during the winter and spring 
slightly greyer, much of the yellowish buff on the breast and flanks disap 
wing-coverts conspicuously tipped wi 
coverts with dark tips ; tail brown. 
pears, and the spots on the 
underparts become smaller. 
« Birds of the year are more ochraceous 
underparts, especially the latter. 
* Young in first plumage are yellow 
parts have pale centres and nearly black tips.” 
The figures in the Plate represent an adu 
Seebohm Collection. 
than the adults, both on the lores, sides of face, and 
above and below, and most of the feathers of the upper 
lt and young bird, and are drawn from examples in the 
ГЕ. В. S.J 
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