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alh-brown and white lines, feparates the breaft and 
neck : the back and fcapulars are marked with fi- 
milar feathers, as are alfo the fides of the body un- 
der the wings, even as low as the thighs, but there 
they are paler : the belly to the vent is white : the 
ridge of the wing, and adjoining coverts, are dufky 
alh-brown : the greater coverts brown, edged with 
white, (in fome fpecimens wholly white) and tip- 
ped with black, which forms an upper border to the 
changeable green beauty-fpot of the wings, which 
is alfo bordered on the under fide by another ftripe 
formed by the deep velvet black tips of the fecon- 
dary quills : the exterior webs of the adjoining 
quills are white, and thofe next the back, which are 
very long, are of a deep brown, (in fome fpeci- 
mens deep black) edged with yellowilh white : the 
greater quills are brown : the vent and upper tail 
coverts, black. The tail, which confifts of four- 
teen feathers, is of a hoary brownilh alh, edged 
with yellowilh white ; the two middle ones are Iharp- 
pointed, darker and longer than the reft. The legs 
and toes are of a dirty lead colour, faintly tinged 
with green ; the middle of the webs and nails black. 
The female is brown, the middle of the feathers 
deepeft : the fore part of the neck and breaft paler : 
fcapulars dark brown, with paler edges : wings and 
belly as in the male.’’ The young of both fexes 
are grey, and continue in that plain garb till the 
month of February, after which a change takes 
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