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 vvdth 

 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. 



