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SANDWICH TETtN. 
black, and much curved, hollow below and a sharp edge 
on the upper side; webs, dusky black, and yellow under¬ 
neath. 
The female has scarcely any of the red tint, and the tail 
is shorter. 
The young, when towards a year old, have the upper bill 
dark brownish black, with a tinge of yellowish red, the lower 
one pale yellowish red or brown at the base, the space 
between the bill and the eye dark; iris, pale yellowish 
brown; forehead, greyish white. Head on the crown, and 
back, blackish grey, the feathers edged with white; neck on 
the back, and nape, dull white; chin, throat, and breast, 
dull white; back, grey, mottled across with pale brown. 
Greater wing coverts, grey, the tips white; lesser wing 
coverts, grey, varied with crescent-shaped marks of pale 
brown; primaries, deep blackish grey, the inner margins and 
tips white, the outside one nearly black, except the shaft, 
which is white; tertiaries, greyish white, barred with dusky 
reddish brown. Tail, greyish dusky on the base and middle 
part, the inner webs and tips of the feathers white; leg* 
and toes, dark dusky brown; webs, dark dusky brown. 
In another stage of plumage the head is mottled with 
black and white, the back marked with angular spots of 
black, so also are the wing coverts and the tail. 
