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wing-coverts and back streaked with pale yellowish 

 *bufF: quills plain brown, the edges only being 

 dotted with black : tail brown-black ; the three 

 outer feathers plain, the others dotted with black 

 on the outer edge : fore-part and sides of the neck 

 ferruginous, a little mottled with paler colour ; the 

 shafts paler: breast plain red-brown: belly the 

 same, but paler : vent dusky : legs brown, two 

 inches and a half long : claws paler." 



Sonnerat's description varies a little : he observes 

 it has red irides: the feathers of the back and 

 rump are striped with whitish, and long enough to 

 hide the tail : the wing-feathers and sides of the 

 belly have round white spots. This specimen 

 came from China; the one commemorated by 

 Latham was supposed to come from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, but the eastern part of Asia is its 

 native place : it appears to be a very scarce species^ 

 and of its manners nothing is known. 



