BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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upon tips and margins ; the head and neck, brownish-black, 

 tinged with grey; primaries, dusky black; rump and tail, 

 white, the latter barred closely with blackish ; under parts, 

 brownish-black, washed with grey; the feathers on breast 

 and abdomen, edged finely with white ; irides, hazel ; bill, 

 black; base beneath, orange-red; legs and feet, orange, 

 tinged with brown. Length, about twelve inches. The 

 adult female shows more white on the under plumage than 

 the male. 



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The eirecnshank {lotanus g/ol/is, Linnaeus) is a summer 

 migrant to the British Islands, although it is said that a few 

 remain in Ireland during the winter. It is also found 

 inhabiting the Northern Palearctic Region. The adult in 

 summer has the mantle and secondaries black, some of 

 the feathers with greyish margins ; quills, blackish ; rump. 



