342 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
the white spot near the beak, black; there is a small 
white spot on the side of the breast, just beyond the 
point of the folded wing, and a very narrow white 
streak round the back of the neck; the back and 
scapulars are rich glossy black, with a few bright 
bay feathers intermixed,—some of the scapulars are 
slightly margined with white, but the margins appear 
wearing off; the lower part of the back is pure white ; 
there is a band of black on the rump; the upper 
tail-coverts are white; the tail-feathers are nearly 
black, with a little white at the tips,—the outside 
feathers on each side are nearly all white; the wing- 
coverts are broadly margined with rufous, and are 
black (or very dark brown) in the centre; some of 
the wing-coverts close to the body and the tips of 
the greater coverts are white; the quills are dusky, 
with white shafts; the belly, flanks and under tail- 
coverts pure white; the legs and toes very bright 
orange-red; the claws black. ‘This is the descrip- 
tion of the bird shot by myself in Guernsey in July, 
and agrees almost perfectly with Mr. Haddon’s bird 
previously mentioned. Another specimen, also killed 
at Stolford, and given to me by Mr. Haddon, is in a 
transition state: it has the head and neck dark 
dusky brown, speckled with white; the back and 
scapulars dusky brown, black and bay mixed; the 
wing-coverts almost entirely dusky brown, with a 
very little bay and rufous appearing; chin and throat 
white, with a few black feathers; breast black, dusky 
