. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. GOATSUCKERS 16: feathers with a center series of very irregular broken spots of black, which often show a tendency toward forming broken bars which become less distinct, or obsolete, toward edge of each web; three outer feathers (on each side) with terminal half or more of inner web white, this encroaching on inner portion of outer web, the remainder of these feathers coarsely and irregu- larly barred with black and dull tawny; the latter largely jiredominating on terminal half of outer web, especially on the second and third, and sometimes nearly u
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. GOATSUCKERS 16: feathers with a center series of very irregular broken spots of black, which often show a tendency toward forming broken bars which become less distinct, or obsolete, toward edge of each web; three outer feathers (on each side) with terminal half or more of inner web white, this encroaching on inner portion of outer web, the remainder of these feathers coarsely and irregu- larly barred with black and dull tawny; the latter largely jiredominating on terminal half of outer web, especially on the second and third, and sometimes nearly uniform, the tawny extending across tip of inner web and even tingeing the white along inner edge; wing-coverts with large, irregular spots or blotches of black and with a transverse series of large buff spots across middle portion ; primaries and primary coverts dull black, coarsely and irregularly spotted with tawny, the spots much less distinct and more broken on inner webs, which are largely uniform dusky basally; lores, space around eye, sides of head, cheeks, chin, and upper throat, dull ochraceous, narrowly barred with dusky; lower throat, deep buff to huffy-white, form- ing a conspicuous transverse band, the front rather broadly barred with black; chest and breast brown finely streaked or stippled with dusky (the upper chest more closely barred), the center of the breast with several irregular large spots or blotches of buff or huffy-white; abdomen and flanks, dull buff irregularly barred with dusky and with occasional triangular spots of the general ground color; under tail-coverts, clearer buff, irregularly and very variably barred with dusky ; bill, brown; iris, dark brown; feet, brownish. Adult Female: Similar to the adult male but without the white areas on inner webs of outer tail-feathers, which are irregularly marbled or mottled with black on a light tawny-buff ground, both webs of the three outer feathers (on each side) being tipped with tawny-buff. Nest and Egg
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