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(Lantus collurio.) 
THE top of the head to shoulders and upper tail- 
coverts grey; bill black and notched near the end; a 
black mark from the beak,to beyond the ear; back and 
wing-coverts reddish-brown; throat white, passing into 
faint pink on the breast; wings dark, two middle tail- 
feathers black; the rest are white at the base. Female: 
upper plumage reddish-brown, touched at the neck and 
tail with grey, under parts light on the breast, with a 
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