All the upper surface dark brown, each feather broadly margined with
reddish brown; wings and two centre tail-feathers brown, margined with
whitish brown; two lateral tail-feathers white, margined on the inner
webs with blackish brown and with blackish brown shafts, the remaining
tail-feathers blackish brown; stripe over the eye light buff;
ear-coverts brown; under surface dull white, washed with buff on the
under surface of the shoulder and on the under tail-coverts; the
feathers of the breast, flanks and sides of the neck with a streak of
dark brown down the centre, these marks being most conspicuous on the
sides of the neck and across the upper part of the breast, where they
are arranged in the form of a gorget, the points of which proceed upward
to the angle of the lower mandible; irides very dark brown; bill and
feet fleshy brown.
Freshly moulted individuals differ in having a rich tint of rufous
pervading the whole of the upper surface, the breast and flanks.
The figures represent the two sexes of the natural size, from specimens
procured in New South Wales.
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