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are immaculate ; wings as in the male ; tail browD, the edges of the 

 feathers pale whitish buff. 



Young in first plumage closely resembles adult female, but the 

 male is somewhat darker in colour. 



Adult male in moulting plumage resembles adult female, but is 

 somewhat darker in colour. 



Young in down has the upper parts dark brown, with nearly 

 white spots on the wings, scapulars, and sides of the rump ; the 

 underparts are pale brown, palest on the belly, and shading into 

 buff on the throat ; it has a buff stripe over the eye, a dark brown 

 stripe through the eye, and a dark spot at the end of the ear- 

 coverts (iSeehohm). 



Hah. Northern Hemisphere, rarely north of the Arctic Circle ; 

 in Africa, extending from the Azores, Madeira, and Canaries on the 

 West to jN^ubia and Abyssinia {Riippen) on the East ; in Asia, during 

 the winter found from Arabia, through Persia and jS^orth India, 

 to China and Japan ; in America, extending southwards to Mexico, 

 the West Indies, and Central America as far as Panama. 



