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of black, and beneath this a second, twice as broad as the first : these 

 collars extend upwards to the back ; all the under parts beyond this 

 are Isabella-colour; the back, wings, and tail, brown, the feathers 

 margined with pale rnfous; second quills dusky black ; legs orange, 

 very long, and the inner toe very short. 



One of these was killed by M. Levaillant, in the interior of 

 Africa. Observed to frequent barren parts, at a distance from water, 

 and to run with an astonishing degree of quickness. 



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