188 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
grey, between the beak and the eyes black; back of 
the head and nape reddish brown; ear-coverts and 
sides of the neck dull dirty white; back and scapu- 
lars reddish brown; the centres of the feathers 
black ; rump and upper tail-coverts dull pale brown ; 
some of the lesser wing-coverts are broadly tipped 
with white, making a conspicuous bar of that colour 
on the wing; greater wing-coverts black, broadly 
margined with reddish brown; tertials the same ; 
the rest of the quills dusky, narrowly edged with 
reddish brown; tail-feathers dusky brown, edged 
with dull light brown; throat and breast black, 
interspersed on the lower part of the breast with 
smoke-colour; rest of the under parts a sort of 
smoke-colour; legs, toes and claws brown. The 
female has the top of the head and nape dull rusty 
brown ; there is a light buff streak from the back of 
the eye to the nape; the tips of the lesser wing- 
coverts are buff, instead of white, and the margins 
of the rest of the feathers on the upper surface are 
considerably tinged with lightish buff; the chin, 
sides of the throat and all the rest of the under parts 
are a lightish dull brown. Varieties of this bird 
frequently occur, the commonest of which are either 
white or spotted with white : one of the former I have 
in my collection; it was killed on the other side of 
the Quantocks. A very curious variety is mentioned 
by Mr. Blake-Knox at p. 9467 of the‘ Zoologist’ 
for 1865 :—“ Entirely black, with the legs and bill 
