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extending up the sides of the neck to the chestnut on the ear coverts ; lower 

 breast and abdomen black, banded with white, the light bars on the flanks 

 and vent feathers being tinged with ochreous ; under-tail coverts broadly 

 banded with black and ochre ; under-wing coverts and axillaries blackish, 

 barred with white ; under surface of quills chestnut, with broad black bars. 



Wing 4-8 inches, culmen 1-35, tail 27" (Sharpe). 



Habitat : Chatham Islands. 



The type and only known specimen is that in the British Museum. 



