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bordered with light ferruginous ; the quill-feathers are yel- 

 lowish salmon colour, and becoming greyish near the tips ; 

 marked with dark narrow bars : the second feather of the 

 wing is the longest, and several of them are strongly serrated 

 on the outer edge. The tail-feathers are marked with 

 dusky bars upon a ground of pale ochre ; the legs are 

 feathered down to the claws with downy feathers of a 

 light buff colour. The eyes, which are yellow, are encircled 

 with radiating feathers of a deep black passing into white : 

 the wreath which borders the face is composed of feathers 

 striped with orange and black ; near the orifice of the ears 

 the black predominates : the feathers of the tufts are dusky 

 on the outer webs and yellowish white on the inner. The 

 under plumage is rufous, each feather marked down the shaft 

 with a dusky stripe. 



