358 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
neck are reddish brown, streaked with light yel- 
lowish brown; the feathers on the sides of the neck 
are long and lap over the bare part on the back of 
the neck; from the base of the lower mandible, a 
little way down the sides of the neck, is a streak of 
white; the chin is reddish brown, streaked with dark 
brown; the back very dark brown, nearly black, the 
feathers margined with yellowish brown; the wing- 
coverts are light yellowish brown, tinged in the 
centre with a darker shade; the tail is black; the 
quills the same, the tertials edged with very dark 
reddish brown; the fore part of the neck, breast 
and under parts are streaked yellowish brown and 
white, with a black streak on the shafts of the 
feathers; the under tail-coverts are white; legs, toes 
and claws reddish brown. This description, with 
the exception of the parts liable to fade, is taken 
from the two specimens at Taunton (Mr. Haddon’s 
and the one at the Museum): these both appear to 
be young birds, but not so young as the one men- 
tioned by Yarrell with the down still on. The 
plumage of the adult bird, according to Yarrell, is 
as follows:— The top of the head, the occiput, the 
shoulders, the wing primaries and the tail-feathers 
are of a shining bluish black; all the wing-coverts 
are buff-coloured; the cheeks and sides of the neck 
throughout its whole length buff; the chin and the 
neck in front white, partially tinged with buff; in 
the lower part of the neck on each side, just in 
