160 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
coverts ; ear-coverts darker brown; back and seapu- 
lars black, a few of the feathers being still very 
sh¢ghtly margined with hght rusty and dull white; 
lesser wing-coverts black, margined with white; the 
greater wing-coverts are the same, except that the 
margins are slighter and duller, and some of the 
feathers are white nearly to the base; primary quills 
dark dusky, almost black, very slightly edged with 
white; spurious wing the same; secondaries the 
same, but with broader margins of white; tertials 
furthest from the body white, making—with part of 
the greater wing-coverts—a streak of white on the 
closed wing; those nearest to the body black, slightly 
margined with rusty; tail-coverts white, with a very 
few of the rusty margins left; tail dusky, except the 
three outer feathers on each side, the basal half of 
which is white; throat, breast and all the under parts 
white; legs, toes and claws black at all times. 
The other bird shot at the same time differs in 
having much less white on the head and sides of the 
neck, which are all grey, or rather perhaps speckled 
dusky and white. 
The bird shot at Exmouth in the autumn differs 
materially, having the fore part of the head dark 
rusty, almost black; back of the head, cheeks, ear- 
coverts and nape yellowish rusty; back and scapular 
feathers black, but so broadly margined with rusty 
as scarcely to show any of the black; rump reddish 
rusty ; tail-coverts—those in the centre black, deeply 
