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black. A narrow band of dull grey runs across the 

 hind-part of the belly. The legs and feet are 

 brownish-black externally, and pale bluish flesh- 

 coloured internally ; the webs, or membranes, are 

 flesh-coloured. Length, from bill to end of tail, 

 twenty-six inches. 



Female. — Similar to male, but smaller. Length, 

 from bill to end of tail, twenty-three inches. 



The yowig in winter. — The bill is flesh-coloured 

 at the base, and bluish-grey towards the end ; iris 

 brown. The upper part of the head and the hind-neck 

 are greenish-grey, finely streaked with a paler tint, 

 the latter showing more on the neck. The cheeks 

 and sides of neck arc white, with faint grey markings ; 

 the fore-part of the neck white, faintly marked with 

 small grey specks. All the upper parts are a deep 

 glossy greenish-grey, finely speckled with greyish- 

 white. The primary quills blackish-grey, tinged 

 with green ; the secondaries are like the feathers 

 of the back. The tail feathers are tipped with 

 greyish-white ; the lower parts pure white. A faint 

 grey band runs across the hind-part of the belly. 

 The legs and feet are dusky externally ; internally, 

 including the ridge of the tarsus, they are light 

 bluish-grey ; the webs, or membranes, dusky at the 

 sides, dull flesh-coloured in the middle. Length, 

 from bill to tail, twenty-five inches. 



The measurements given are general ones. The 

 divers which I have recently received from the 

 tide, directly they were shot, have in all three 

 species slightly exceeded the measurements I have 



