84 ORANGE-LEGGED HOBBY. 
female, but at the first moult it assumes a general bluish grey 
colour, the feathers on the legs being ferruginous; the bill, 
cere, legs, toes, and claws, are like those of the old bird. 
The young female has the bill, cere, and iris as in the adult; 
crown of the head, reddish brown with dusky streaks, the 
feathers tipped with lght red—a small moustache descends 
from the front of the eye; neck on the sides, pale reddish or 
yellowish white, with longitudinal brown streaks and_ blots. 
The throat white; breast, as the sides of the neck; back, dark 
brown, the feathers being tipped with reddish brown. Wing 
coverts, the same; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, dusky 
black, the inner edges and the tips being buff white. The 
tail dark brown, crossed with numerous bars of reddish brown; 
under tail coverts, deep ferruginous; legs, toes, and claws, as 
in the adult. 
