332 TOTANUS FUSCUS. 



the feathers edged with large triangular white spots and 

 intervening blackish bars. The quills brownish-black, the 

 secondaries and inner primaries marginally spotted with 

 white. The hind part of the back white, streaked with 

 dusky; the tail-coverts and tail-feathers white, the latter 

 tinged with grey, barred with blackish-grey. The loral 

 band dusky, the space above it white ; the fore part of the 

 neck, the breast, and sides greyish-white with faint undu- 

 lating transverse lines of greyish-brown ; the rest of the 

 lower parts white ; but the marginal wing-coverts dusky, 

 and the lower tail-coverts barred with grey. 



