Bill dark brown above, the base of the lower mandible yellow, its tip bluish; iris deep brown; feet flesh-coloured; upper part of the head and neck smoke-grey; back dusky brown; rump, tail, wing-coverts, and outer part of the quills bright ferruginous; tips of the coverts whitish, forming a narrow bar, space from the upper mandible to the eye pale reddish; ear-coverts chestnut. The ground colour of the lower parts is white anteriorly, pale greyish behind; the sides of the neck, the throat, and flanks, marked with triangular spots of chestnut, which are darker on the hind parts.
Length 71⁄2 inches; extent of wings 101⁄2; bill 5⁄12 along the ridge, 7⁄12 along the gap; tarsus 8⁄12, middle toe 1.
Adult Female. Plate CVIII. Fig. 2.
The Female differs little from the Male, the tints being merely somewhat fainter. Length 71⁄2 inches.
