" Adult Female (Zdh, 16th May).—Differs from the male in
lacking the clear white on the head, and in being much more
rufous in plumage ; crown and nape blackish brown, with a
chestnut tinge ; sides of the head similarly coloured, but marked
with white ; a white streak passes below the eye nearly to the
nape ; and the chin and upper throat are white, slightly dotted
with blackish brown ; general colour of the upper parts darker
than in the male, being deep chestnut-red ; undcrparts as in
the male ; bill dull plumbeous ; iris dark brown ; legs plumbeous
black.
" Young {vide H. Otto, 'Ibis' 1875, ƒ. 428).—Beak bluish
black, with a swelling at the base; feet of a similar colour;
plumage brown-black ; from the base of the bill, under the
eye, and continued over the ear, a white stripe ; chin, with a
broad outward curve back under the cheek, white, so that the
brown check appears bordered underneath by this curve, and
above by the eye-stripe ; belly dirty white, which colour loses
itself in the sides ; under the shoulder a light spot on both
sides, which hardly shines through, and in many specimens
is wanting ; tail-feathers slit up and spread out like a fan."