634 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
alternately with dusky brown and white; under 
surface of the tail-feathers dusky brown, with six or 
seven narrow bars of dull white and a broad terminal 
band of the same colour; chin dusky; throat dull 
white; across the upper part of the breast a broad 
band of dull white; breast, belly and under tail- 
coverts dull white, with numerous narrow transverse 
bars of dusky brown; under surface of tail- feathers 
barred alternately with greyish brown and dull white ; 
tail long; tarsi and toes covered with short feathers 
of greyish white; claws white at the base, tipped 
with bluish black. The whole length of the bird 
about seventeen inches,” but in this latter particular 
there seems to be some variation, as the length given 
in Mr. Newman’s edition of Montagu’s ‘ Dictionary’ 
is only fourteen and a half inches; but perhaps this 
may be accounted for by there being some difference 
in the length of the tail-feathers, which are said to 
be as much as seven and a half inches, and also in 
difference of sex, as the female is said to be some- 
what longer, and the plumage is lighter. 
The eggs are white.* 
* Yarrell, vol. i., pp. 156, 157. 
