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ALLEN’S naturalist’s LIBRAEV. 
Cnx pa, va, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 4,; 
Zapcnna parva, Sharpe. Cat. B. Brit. Mus'xLii. p in (,894). 
Adult Male in Breeding: Plumao-e Oenpi-Tl i, 
ochreous brown, varied with black centres to fhnfL 
a few white snot« • thn Jl! t the feathers and 
S” of '’the baS'' 'ih'”’ ’“'“r"! “ '?Wi‘a<JinaT £nd S 
brown • h f ' j tving-co verts nearly uniform 
lower back ^rmni^^’ind™^'^^ sepia-brown ; 
.:«£S-SSa“ 
sSssi.IisISfS 
psi5ssssiii 
2 ; tarsus. 1-15 ; middle toe and claw, i-6. ^ ’ ’ 
Adult Female.-Similar to the male on the upper surface 
in a nUtriLI rth^lalllVtS^^ 
on?hf I^^covetts^'°h'‘ k-’'''T iLge^'^/bS 
under surface from’ thn^f^^ and throat white; remainder of 
isabelline • thl'iibo 1 ore-neck downward.s, pale vinaceous 
have dSkv E f fl“ks, which 
nave ausky bars and white edges to the feathers ■ vent nnri 
under taihcoverts barred with" black and white the hE 
...ged ,„th ochfcottt, boff. Total length, , tStis; Sg! 
Young:.— -Similar in general to the adult female but bavins 
he scapulars mottled with white bars; under-su fair ol 
body entirely white, as also the sides efface and eyebrow the 
En f’Tn “ remains of dlsky ed^iners 
to the feathers ; the thighs distinctly banded wWt bfown" and 
