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neck to tlie wing white ; breast rich chestnut, becoming 

 lighter, almost yellowish white, on the belly, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts; under surflxce of the quill-feathers lead-grey, 

 edged with dull white ; legs, toes, and claws, black. 



The whole length of the bird five inches and one-quarter. 

 From the carpal joint of the wing to the end of the longest 

 quill-feathers two inches and three-quarters : the first quill- 

 feather not half so long as the second ; the second equal to 

 the seventh; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, nearly equal ; 

 the fourth rather the longest of all. 



Adult males after their autumn moult have the feathers of 

 the neck and back broadly edged with rufous brown ; quill- 

 feathers margined, and tail-feathers tipped with the same 

 rufous colour; the dark feathers on the thioat edged with 

 rufous brown ; the breast and belly lighter in colour than in 

 summer. 



The adult female has the feathers of the upper parts black- 

 ish brown, bordered with buff; the quill and tail-feathers 

 brown, edged with buff; throat blackish, varied with small 

 spots of white and red ; the white space on the neck and 

 wings of smaller extent than in the male ; breast dull red. 



Young birds in their nestling plumage have the feathers of 

 the upper parts of a greyish brown, with a spot of white at 

 the end. 



Young males after their first moult resemble adult females; 

 after their second moult they attain by degrees the plumage 

 of adult males. 



