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bordered and tipped with white, but the cross bands thus 
formed are narrower than in the male: the last secondary is 
grey, having the outer web white, bordered with a tint of 
black; tertiaries, dark bluish grey. ‘Tail, dark greyish brown; 
it consists of sixteen feathers; upper tail coverts, dark 
grevish brown. Legs and toes, bluish grey; webs, bluish 
rey. 
: The young male resembles the female till the second year, 
but the reddish brown on the head is clearer, and the 
feathers less elongated; the greater wing coverts and the 
secondaries are of a deeper black, and the white tips are 
conspicuous, the back too then becomes varied with black, 
and the two crescents begin to shew themselves. 
The young female does not acquire the dark patch behind 
the bill till her second year. There is more of the red 
colour on the back of the neck. The lesser wing coverts are 
greyish white, and the breast is dull white. 
