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  The 
  two 
  central 
  pairs 
  of 
  rectrices 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  long 
  and 
  narrow. 
  They 
  are 
  grey 
  

   along 
  the 
  shaft 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  webs, 
  changing 
  rather 
  abruptly 
  into 
  golden 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  

   marginal 
  half, 
  this 
  colour 
  dying 
  out 
  toward 
  the 
  extremity. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  shaft 
  spring 
  wavy, 
  broad 
  black 
  marks, 
  which, 
  toward 
  the 
  extremity, 
  are 
  

   complete 
  cross-bars, 
  containing 
  a 
  chestnut 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  web. 
  Proximally 
  these 
  bars 
  

   become 
  imperfect, 
  reaching 
  only 
  half 
  across 
  the 
  web 
  to 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  grey 
  area, 
  and 
  

   each 
  half 
  curving 
  acutely 
  inward, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  chestnut 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  lateral 
  extremity. 
  

   In 
  most 
  individuals 
  the 
  corresponding 
  marks 
  on 
  each 
  web 
  become 
  precisely 
  alternate, 
  

   although 
  rarely 
  the 
  cross-bar 
  regularity 
  remains. 
  On 
  the 
  lateral 
  rectrices 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   increases 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  web, 
  disappearing 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  web 
  simultaneously 
  with 
  the 
  

   vanishing 
  of 
  the 
  marginal 
  brown 
  and 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  bars 
  clear 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  web. 
  On 
  the 
  extreme 
  outer 
  rectrices 
  the 
  golden 
  brown 
  from 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  

   has 
  spread 
  almost 
  or 
  quite 
  over 
  the 
  entire 
  feather. 
  The 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  rectrices 
  is 
  

   very 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  upper, 
  the 
  light 
  grey 
  being 
  dusky 
  or 
  quite 
  black. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  collar 
  of 
  black-edged 
  golden 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  black 
  neckband, 
  but 
  almost 
  at 
  once 
  the 
  visible 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  pectoral 
  

   plumage 
  becomes 
  white, 
  while 
  a 
  broad 
  terminal 
  chestnut 
  fringe 
  displaces 
  the 
  black 
  band 
  

   into 
  a 
  sub-terminal 
  position. 
  This 
  pattern 
  characterizes 
  all 
  the 
  feathers 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  

   and 
  sides, 
  the 
  terminal 
  fringe 
  becoming 
  very 
  long 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  area. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   sides 
  the 
  white 
  gives 
  place 
  to 
  gold 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  band 
  disappears. 
  On 
  the 
  concealed 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  we 
  find 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  black 
  cross-bars 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  perfectly 
  

   developed. 
  The 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  belly, 
  flanks, 
  thighs 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  are 
  dead 
  

   black. 
  

  

  Adult 
  Female. 
  — 
  Central 
  crown 
  and 
  occiput 
  black, 
  broadly 
  margined 
  with 
  chest- 
  

   nut. 
  Nape 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  predominant. 
  Facial 
  featherlets 
  and 
  ear-coverts 
  black, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  streaked 
  with 
  rufous 
  buff. 
  Forehead, 
  lores, 
  lower 
  eyelid 
  and 
  plumage 
  around 
  

   facial 
  area, 
  chin, 
  throat 
  well 
  down 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  collar 
  around 
  the 
  hind 
  neck 
  creamy 
  buff. 
  

  

  Hind 
  neck 
  black, 
  with 
  broad 
  olive-grey 
  extremity, 
  a 
  wide 
  tapering 
  white 
  shaft- 
  

   stripe, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  lateral 
  margins 
  chestnut. 
  Posteriorly 
  the 
  black 
  occupies 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  web 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  central 
  stripe, 
  the 
  chestnut 
  becoming 
  

   altogether 
  basal. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  upper 
  back, 
  scapulars 
  and 
  coverts, 
  the 
  shaft-streak 
  narrows 
  and 
  becomes 
  

   buff, 
  the 
  terminal 
  portion 
  and 
  outer 
  webs 
  becoming 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  variegated 
  and 
  mottled 
  

   with 
  black 
  and 
  buff 
  on 
  an 
  olive 
  or 
  grey 
  background, 
  while 
  the 
  black 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  

   more 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  web. 
  

  

  The 
  secondaries 
  are 
  black 
  with 
  pale 
  buff 
  cross-bars, 
  much 
  mottled, 
  however, 
  and 
  

   variegated. 
  The 
  primaries 
  are 
  brownish 
  black, 
  marked 
  with 
  strong 
  rufous 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner, 
  and 
  pale 
  buff 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  webs. 
  

  

  The 
  lower 
  back 
  and 
  rump 
  are 
  dark 
  smoky 
  brown, 
  vermiculated 
  with 
  buff 
  on 
  the 
  

   visible 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  feathers, 
  save 
  for 
  a 
  tapering 
  shaft-stripe. 
  The 
  rump 
  is 
  greyer 
  in 
  

   general 
  tone. 
  

  

  The 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  are 
  greyish 
  white 
  with 
  much 
  vermiculation 
  and 
  a 
  well- 
  

   marked 
  black 
  shaft-stripe. 
  The 
  central 
  rectrices, 
  which 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  tapering, 
  are 
  a 
  

   grizzled, 
  clouded 
  grey, 
  with 
  faint 
  shaft 
  nodes 
  of 
  buffy 
  brown. 
  As 
  we 
  proceed 
  outwards 
  

  

  