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THETJSH. 
2nd on the sides, from the head, pale reddish yellow, each 
feather terminated hy a triangular-shaped brownish black spot; 
neck on the back, and nape, brownish olive; chin, white; 
throat, yellowish white. Breast, nearly white, or yellowish 
white, above with spots,, below without; on the sides it is 
more or less tinged with pale reddish and olive. Back, 
brownish olive, with a tinge of yellowish grey. 
The wings, when closed, reach to near the middle of the 
tail; they extend in width from one foot one inch to one foot 
two inches and three quarters; greater wing coverts, brown, 
and lighter brown with dull buff tips; primaries, secondaries, 
and tertiaries, deep brown, their outer webs reddish brown, 
the inner webs tinged with buff or light reddish yellow, and 
the latter-named tipped with pale buff. The first quill feather 
is very short and slender, the second nearly as long as the 
fifth, the third and fourth nearly equal in length, and longer 
than the second, the third the longest in the wing; larger 
and ] esser under wing coverts, buff or light reddish yellow. 
The tail is rather narrow, and rounded at the end. Its colour 
is brownish olive, the inner webs of the feathers darker— 
underneath, it is reddish brown; under tail coverts, white or 
yellowish white, streaked with brown. Legs and toes, pale 
yellowish grey, underneath darker and tinged with yellow, 
the heel dull yellow; claws, brown. 
The female is generally rather smaller than the male. 
Length, from eight inches to eight and a half The neck in 
front and on the sides is of a paler yellow, and the spots 
also are not so dark. The wings extend from one foot to 
one foot one inch or over. 
In the young, when fledged, the whole plumage is less 
compact, and the bill is paler coloured than in the adult bird. 
The inside of the mouth is orange, and at the corners of the 
bill yellow; iris, brownish black. Head on the sides, and on 
the crown, brownish olive, tinged with reddish brown, each 
feather with a slight central streak of yellow. Neck, brighter 
in front in the yellow, and the spots darker than in the male 
■—the yellow fades with age; chin, darker than in the mature 
bird. Back above, brownish olive, the feathers lighter in their 
centre; on its lower part olive brown, tinged with grey. 
Greater wing coverts, brown, mottled with reddish brown; 
lesser wing coverts, brown, much streaked and tipped with 
pale brown; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, dusky, the 
outer webs of the quills generally tinged with yellowish. Toes, 
