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mtr(><I for its fine plumage. It is not a la^rgn spe- 
cies, t}ie male soarcf'ly escceedlng twelve inches in 
length; the colouring is black, white, rufoiis, and 
yellowiah-brown, disposed in decided and contrast- 
ed markings of large patclies, spots, or ham, but yet 
so distributed as to want all liaraTineBs, and to liave 
a chaste and blended appearance. Hie female wanta 
all the deep black and white markings of the male, 
as well aa the rufous collar ; the ground colour of the 
plumage is a yellowish-brown, waved and barred 
with umber-brown, and having the markings of the 
wings and tail nearly the same as in the male, but of 
a paler colour. 
Our next bird is a very singularly formed ^peciet. 
It is 
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