96 MOOR-HEN. 
their subsequent plumage she bill is dull green, the base 
darkest; the patch on the forehead small, and partially covered 
with feathers; the head on the sides is a mixture of blackish 
brown and white; the neck on the sides yellowish brown; the 
throat brownish white: the breast ash grey, tinged as yel- 
lowish brown, paler below, and almost without the longitudinal 
white streaks; under tail coverts, yellowish; legs and _ toes, 
dull green. 
One was killed at Branford, near Ipswich, Suffolk, the 16th. 
of December; 1847, which had the bill greenish yellow at the 
tip, and red at the base; the iris red; the head greyish black; 
breast, greyish white, inclining to chesnut on the sides, below 
black: the back Heht chesnut; the wing coverts, primaries, 
and tertiaries, black, edged with chesnut; the tail also black, 
edged with chesnut; upper tail coverts, hght chesnut; under 
tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, green; all the plumage 
of the body with the webs disunited, having the appearance 
of hair. 
The Rev. R. P. Alington has furnished the drawing from 
which the plate is taken. 
