296 BRITISH BIRDS. 
brown; but the rest of the tail-feathers, as well as the rump and the 
upper and under tail-coverts, are bright chestnut. The feathers round 
the bill and the eye, the ear-coverts, the throat, breast, axillaries, and 
under wing-coverts are black; belly and flanks buffish brown. Legs, 
claws, and bill black; irides brown. In the female the upper and under 
tail-coverts and the tail and the white edgings to the secondaries resemble 
those of the male, but are tinged with brown, the rest of the plumage bemg 
sooty brown. Young birds in first plumage have most of the feathers of the 
upper and underparts barred and tipped with black. Males of the year 
resemble adult females, in which plumage they have been found breeding, 
and have been described as a distinct species. It is probable that these 
birds moult into the adult plumage during their second autumn. 
