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WOOD T>A_T?.>K. 
brownish white at the tip, with a dark brown patch on the 
inner side; the two middle feathers are pale brown, broadly 
edged with reddish brown, and the remaining eight brownish 
black, with an angular spot of white at the tip; upper tail 
coverts, brown; under tail coverts, pale yellowish brown. Legs 
and toes, light brown; claws, light yellowish brown, the hind 
claw straight, and half as long again as the hind toe. 
The female strongly resembles the male, but is rather smaller 
in size; the dark markings are larger, and there is less of 
the yellow shade on the breast. 
The young have the front and sides of the neck marked 
with angular dusky spots, part of the breast tinged with 
yellowish red, and the back yellowish brown, the feathers 
having a band of dusky-colour and light edges. 
