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wither with the femorals, are dingy gray, slightly 
w H'h with dusky; the toes are dusky; the lateral 
J: s dingy whitish, and the nails blackish, 
iuj ,®8 female is smaller than the male, being more than 
V^ch shorter. The general plumage is much more 
f^'-d, with less of black, but much more of rusty. 
t| '' r,! is a tinge of rufous on the feathers of the nost rils ; 
a t( , 8 ? of the head, neck, and upper part of the back, 
t(l ' "Jack, with two or three bright bands of orange 
t; ’viand tipped with gray; there is more of the gray 
o (il the neck, on the lower part of which above, the 
'C'P hands are broader; all the remaining parts of 
(J*4y above, including the tail-coverts, are more 
o (4 ' Us edly banded and mottled with duller rusty, 
V'*’®’ and gray, on a blackish ground, these colours 
es being also sprinkled with a little black; 
IJ s tdes of the head, the throat, and all the neck 
are dull rusty orange, each feather varied with 
I*, 6 * ! on the lower portion of the breast, the black 
>li l ,' < ' i are broad and very deep, alternating equally with 
\° tan ge rusty, and even gradually encroaching upon 
Li ground colour ; the breast is deep black, each 
*® r , as well as those of the under parts, including 
Hit vcr tail-coverts, are broadly tipped with pure 
forming over all the inferior surface very large 
' l,s e spots, each feather having besides one or two 
ir,, | orange spots, much paler and duller on the belly, 
'hi. f s<:a rcely appearing when the plumage lies close: 
I. ', fathers of the flanks are blackish, deeper at first, 
1 or - ... 
Itjo ®*dTed with very bright orange, then much mottled 
^ ‘full grayish rusty, each having a triangular white 
i 0j . ®oar the tip. The wings and tail are similar to 
.pti °f the male, the variegation of the scapulars and 
•U**' ooverts being only of a much more rusty tinge, 
^d^nge in the middle on the shaft, all the larger 
f'aft s having, moreover, a white streak along the 
ending in a pure white spot, wanting in the male. 
Wti. Uter odge of the primaries is more broadly whitish, 
't ‘ho tcrtials are dingy white at the point, being also 
Se<i with dull orange ; the tail feathers, especially 
