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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Forehead and crown ash-gray, tinged with rufous; from the corner of the bill to the eyes a dusky streak ; occiput with four broad transverse bars of blackish brown ; rest of the upper parts variegated with chestnut-brown, ochre-yellow, and ash-gray, with zigzag lines and large irregular spots of black : throat plain white ; rest of the under parts yel- lowish white, passing into rufous on the breast and fore part of the neck, with transverse undulating bars of dusky brown quills barred with fer- ruginous and black on their outer webs tail of twelve feathers, black, the outer webs edged with rufous ; the tips ash-gray above, silvery white beneath: bill flesh-colour, tinged with gray: legs livid. The female is somewhat larger, with the colours more dull. Pale yellowish white ; the larger end blotched and spotted with ash-gray and two shades of reddish yellow brown : long. Diam. One inch nine lines ; trans, diam. next |