RARER BRITISH BIRDS. 
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sides of the neck, spotted, from the dark centres of the feathers 
occupying a larger surface than upon the anterior portion of 
the under surface of the wing ; rufous, brown, outer portion 
spotted ; under wing coverts, pure white ; shafts of the pri- 
maries or their under surface, pearl white ; outer web, dusky ; 
inner web, dusky, and plain on the part nearest the shaft, 
the other inner half of the web beautifully mottled with dark 
specks ; secondaries, mottled at their bases, and ending in 
sabre-shaped points, presenting a series of lines, alternating 
white, black, and dusky ; thighs, bare for half an inch ; tarsi, 
one inch and a quarter in length ; middle toe, seven-eighths 
of an inch in length ; nails, black ; legs, brown ; length, eight 
inches. 
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