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white. Feathers of the upper part of the back, scapulars, and winop- 

 coverts blackish-brown, each surrounded by a wide yellowish-white 

 border ; on the longer scapulars there are some small dark brown 

 bands. Tail white, the central feathers banded with brown ; the 2 

 lateral feathers striped longitudinally. Tips of the quills whitish. 

 Under wing-coverts banded with brown. Bill ashy-brown. Feet 

 yellowish-green. 



The young of the year scarcely differ from the old after their first 

 moult. The feet are then cinereous. 



Summer plumage, with the head and nape longitudinally banded 

 with black and white. Orbits white. The face, throat, fore part of 

 the neck, breast, upper part of the belly and flanks, white, scattered 

 over with oval spots which are very numerous about the middle of 

 summer; the rest of the lower parts are pure white, except the 

 lower wing-coverts, which have some black along the shafts of the 

 feathers. The upper part of the back and scapulars deep black, 

 bordered on the feathers of the back with white, and upon the scapu- 

 lars with 3 or 4 spots of rufous- white, disposed on the borders of the 

 barbs. Shoulder of the wing black. The greater wing-coverts and 

 contiguous large feathers are of a rufous-ash, with some black along 

 the shafts ; on the borders of these long feathers there are some small 

 interrupted black marks ; the coverts are also bordered with a white 

 edging, which is succeeded by another of brown. The 2 middle 

 tail feathers are ash, transversely banded with zig-zags of brown. 



