330 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
grasshoppers, and sometimes a little vegetable 
matter. 
The adult bird in its summer plumage has the 
beak nearly black ; the irides brown; the top of the 
head and nape of the neck very dark brown, rounded 
on the sides and behind by a band of pure white; 
the ear-coverts, the neck and back ash-colour; the 
scapulars, wing-coverts and tertials ash-brown, edged 
with buff; wing-primaries ash-grey, the first with a 
broad white shaft; the tail-feathers greyish brown ; 
those in the middle tipped with dull white, the three 
outside feathers with broad ends of pure white ; the 
chin and sides of the neck white; the front and sides 
of the neck below ash-grey; from shoulder to 
shoulder across the breast is a band of white, 
margined above and below with a dark line; breast 
rich fawn-colour, passing to chesnut; belly black; 
vent and under tail-coverts white, tinged with buff; 
under wing-coverts and axillary plume greyish 
white ; legs and toes greenish yellow; claws black. 
This description is taken from Yarrell, as I have 
not one in my collection. The male and female 
appear to be much alike. Mr. Cordeaux, in the 
‘Zoologist’ for 1867 (Second Series), says, “I 
believe the late Mr. Wheelwright is quite correct 
when he says ‘the female is generally larger and 
handsomer than the male.’ Montagu says that ‘in 
the female the white line on the breast is wanting.’ 
This is not the case, however; both the male and 
