posteriorly with blotches o f black; nape pale brown; all the upper surface pale reddish brown, transversely
crossed by numerous irregular bars of blackish brown, and with a small spatulate mark of buff in the centre
o f the tip o f many of the feathers; wing-coverts and scapularies similarly marked, but the buff marks are
accompanied by a blotch of black, which is of large size on the feathers nearest the body; primaries brown,
barred on the outer web with deep buff; tail barred with deep buff and black; breast and flanks barred
alternately with greyish white and black; on the flanks these bars increase in size, and the greyish white, is
washed with buff; centre of the abdomen buff; irides reddish fuscous; hill black; legs and toes reddish.
The female is similarly marked, but the gorget merges into the vinaceous red of the under surface; and
the upper surface is o f a darker hue, and destitute of the small spatulate markings o f huff.
Another specimen, also said to be a female, has the entire plumage pale vinaceous brown, with the wings
and tail minutely and almost indistinctly freckled with brown, in the form of irregular bars.
My figures are supposed to represent the two sexes as above described; but I must observe that the
figure and description of the female was taken from a specimen unusually dark in colour, while in most instances
the specimens sent to this country as examples of the feminine sex are more uniform, like the
second female above described.
The Plate represents the two sexes of the natural size, and a reduced group in various states of colouring.