WOODCHAT. 189 
dull white; breast, dull white, tinged with red, particularly 
on the sides, where the feathers are tipped with brown, forming 
bars more or less in some individuals; back, rufous brown, 
fading into grey below. The wings expand to the width of 
one foot one inch; greater and lesser wing coverts, edged with 
rufous; primaries, dark brown, without any transverse lines; 
secondaries, dark brown; tertiaries, dark brown, edged with 
yellowish white; tail, brown; legs and toes, dark brown. 
The young bird is distinguished by transverse brown lines 
on the back, and grey ones on the breast. 
