530 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
tinged with vermilion,*— and the other note de- 
scribing the inner rim as yellow, and the rest 
carmine-pink.t ‘From the base of the upper 
mandible to the eye, and from thence for the space 
of an inch behind the eye, the feathers are of a rich 
yellowish chesnut, the latter elongated, forming a 
tuft; from the chin, the feathers on the throat, 
cheeks and sides of the neck are also elongated, 
forming a ruff of rich dark brown; back of the neck 
and all the upper surface of the body dark brown; 
the secondaries of the wings alone white, but scarcely 
seen unless the wings are extended; neck in front 
rich reddish chesnut, becoming rather darker towards 
the bottom; breast and belly shining silvery white ; 
sides under the wings dusky, mixed with some ches- 
nut streaks; legs and toes dark greenish brown out- 
side, varied with yellowish green on the edges and 
inner surface.” This is Yarrell’s description of the 
adult bird in summer plumage. A bird in my own 
collection, shot in Torbay in the winter, has the top 
of the head and ear-tufts (which are short) dusky ; 
the back and all the upper parts dusky; secondary 
quills white; lower part of the face and sides of the 
neck and all the under parts white; flanks and 
thighs dusky and white mixed: in this plumage, 
which is the one in which this bird is most 
* * Zoologist’ for 1865, p. 9435. 
+ Id., p. 9565. 
