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(Phenicura ruticilla.) 
THE forehead is white; the head and upper parts of 
the back bluish-grey ; the rump, tail (except the two 
middle feathers, which are brown), and breast rust- 
colour; throat black. The female is less brilliant in 
colour, and has no white on the forehead nor black on 
the throat. Length, five inches and a quarter. Eggs, 
greenish-blue. 
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