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out spots, except the shafts being somewhat 
darker, appearing, on close inspection, like 
fine slender streaks: the tail feathers have 
five alternate darker, and five paler bars, but 
the upper ones are nearly absolete; these 
bars on the outer feather are bright ferrugi- 
nous and white, with one bar near the end 
darker ; the second is similar, but has the fer- 
ruginous bars inclining to chocolate brown * 
and the white ones run into pale ferruginous 
on the outer webs; the three next become 
gradually darker, with the pale bars less con- 
spicuous, and more ferruginous than white; 
the two middle feathers have the bars marked 
only by a shade of difference in colour, and 
are scarcely defined." 
We have been particular in describing 
this bird, in order that it may no longer be 
confounded with the Hen Harrier or Ring 
Tail; and after what has been said,* it h 
hardly necessary to remark that the bright 
ferruginous colour of the markings is always 
sufficient to discriminate this. In the adult 
male, these bright markings on the under 
part of the body, and under the wings, and 
the black bars on the secondary quills (indo 
