248 HUITISM BIKDS. [vol. ix. 



JrvENiLE. — The upper-parts are dusky-grey streaked with 

 ])latk faiittly on the crown, nape and rinnp. more broadly on 

 tlie mantle, which is also buffer : under-parts dusky-grey and 

 burtish-white : median coverts greyish-})lack with white tips : 

 lesser coverts the same with greyish-A\hitc fringes. The rest 

 of the feathers of the wing and tlic tail-feathers as in tlie first 

 Avinter. 



First winter and summer. — The juvenile ))ody-feathers. 

 lesser and median wing-coverts are moulted in the first autumn 

 but not the primary-coverts, greater coverts or Aving- and 

 tail-feathers. In winter the male is often (but not always) 

 of a darker tawny colour on the upper-parts than the adult 

 A\ inter male ; the feathers of the na])e have small black spots 

 which become more apparent in worn summer plumage : 

 the feathers of the rum]) always have black centres but of 

 varying size, so that in summer the rinnp usually becomes 

 black but is occasionally white with black marks. The first 

 winter and Mimmev female has a darker nape than the adult 

 female and often has black flecks on the pectoral banfl. while 

 the secondaries and greater coverts have less white. 



(2'o he continued.) 



