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feen fome whofe breaft and belly were brown, and 

 only marked crofs the craw with a large white cref- 

 cent : ufually the breaft is of a yellowiili white, 

 fpotted with oblong ruft-colored fpots, pointing 

 downwards : the chin ferruginous ; the back of the 

 head and neck, and the coverts of the wings are of a 

 deep brown, edged with a pale ruft color : the fcapu- 

 lar feathers brown ; but white towards their roots : 

 the middle of the back is covered only with a thick 

 white down : the ends of the quil feathers are dusky : 

 their lower exterior fides alh-colored : their interior 

 fides blotched with darker and lighter fhades of the 

 fame : the tail is barred with black and afh-color : 

 the bar next the very tip is black, and the broadeft 

 of ail; the tip irfelf of a dusky white. The irides 

 are white, tinged with red. The weight of this 

 fpecies is thirty-two ounces : the length twenty-twp 

 inches; the breadth fifty-two. 



XIII. The 



