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inner webs; two or three other tail-feathers on each side less conspicuously tipped with white. 
Underparts pale buff, darkest on the breast and flanks, each feather having a black terminal 
fan-shaped spot, except the under tail-coverts, which are margined with dark brown on the basal 
half; the spots almost obsolete on the chin and the centre of the belly; axillaries and under 
wing-coverts pure white; inner margins of quills nearly white. 
* Bill dark brown, yellowish at the base of the lower mandible. Wings with the third and 
fourth primaries nearly equal and slightly the longest, second primary nearly equal to the fifth, 
bastard primary 1:05 to 0:7 inch. Legs and feet yellowish brown, claws darker brown. Тай with 
the outside feathers 0:85 inch shorter than the longest. Length of wing 6:55 to 5:4 inches, 
tail 4:75 to 89, culmen 1:1 to 0:88, tarsus 1:4 to 1:24. 
“ Adult female. Scarcely to be distinguished from the male, but is slightly paler above and 
below. 
“Тһе effects of the abrasions which take place during winter and spring are somewhat more 
conspicuous than usual in this species. Тһе upper parts become greyer and paler; most of the 
buff and ochraceous tints on the rump, secondaries, and underparts fade away, and the spots on the 
underparts become smaller. 
* Birds of the year are slightly more ochraceous than adults, 
“ The young in first plumage are yellower above and below, and most of the feathers of the upper 
parts have pale centres and black tips." 
The figures in the Plate represent an adult and young bird, and are drawn from specimens in 
the Seebohm Collection. (В. B. 5.] 
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