436 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
lead-grey, with broad ends of white; tertials also 
lead-grey, margined with orange-yellow; quill and 
tail-feathers almost black; the front and sides of the 
neck, the breast and all the under surface of the 
body uniform reddish chesnut or bay; under surface 
of the tail-feathers ash-grey; legs, toes and their 
membranes yellow; claws black. ‘The specimen 
which I before mentioned as having been killed at 
Halse has nearly the whole of the beak black, with a 
little tinge of yellowish brown at the base; the fore- 
head and the space from the beak to the eye white ; 
the top of the head white, spotted with black; the 
back of the head and neck black, with a little 
yellowish rusty on the margins ; back of the eye and 
ear-coverts dusky; streak over the eye and longish 
spot over the ear-coverts white; feathers of the back 
and scapulars light bluish grey, very slghtly 
margined with white,—amongst these are mixed a 
good many black feathers, margined with pale 
yellowish rusty; the lesser wing-coverts dull bluish 
black, all except those on the shoulder margined 
with white; the greater wing-coverts black at the 
base, the rest white; the tail-coveris white, with 
some black feathers, margined with yellowish rusty, 
intermixed; the tail-feathers dusky, margined with 
white: the primary quills dusky, with white shafts ; 
secondaries the same, margined with white ; tertials 
black, some of the feathers margined with yellowish 
rusty, the rest with white; the chin white; throat 
