. A practical handbook of British birds . ink-buff borders. Male.—Like female but feathers of crownbordered at sides cinnamon-buff giving a streaked appearance ;feathers of nape dusky-brown, edged pink-buff, those of mantleand scapulars more deeply bordered and tipped pink-buff andcinnamon-buff ; lores dusky, some feathers tipped auburn ; chindusky-black more or less intermixed white ; white patch roundeye much smaller and in some confined to eye -stripe ; remainingunder-parts as female but more or less intermixed with whitefeathers, some suffused chestnut-brown at tip ; tail-feathers asfemale
. A practical handbook of British birds . ink-buff borders. Male.—Like female but feathers of crownbordered at sides cinnamon-buff giving a streaked appearance ;feathers of nape dusky-brown, edged pink-buff, those of mantleand scapulars more deeply bordered and tipped pink-buff andcinnamon-buff ; lores dusky, some feathers tipped auburn ; chindusky-black more or less intermixed white ; white patch roundeye much smaller and in some confined to eye -stripe ; remainingunder-parts as female but more or less intermixed with whitefeathers, some suffused chestnut-brown at tip ; tail-feathers asfemale but outer ones without buff markings. Moult as infemale. Nestling.—A narrow black-brown line at base of bill ; foreheadcinnamon-buff ; crown velvety-black intermixed with cinnamon-buff and bordered on either side by a yellowish-white eye-stripe,down with black-brown tips ; sides of nape cinnamon-buff, downwith sooty-black tips ; centre sooty-black, down tipped yellow ;band down centre of back, irregular one along side of rump, patch.
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