COMMON TEEN. 
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Back on the upper part, grey, each feather margined with 
white and greyish or reddish brown crescent-shaped marks; 
on the lower part white. Of the primaries the first has the 
outer web black, the others are grey, the tips hoary grey; 
secondaries, tipped with white; tertiaries, also tipped with 
white; upper tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, yellowish 
reddish brown; claws, dusky; webs, yellowish reddish brown. 
One of these birds was shot at Lowestoft, in Norfolk, the 
12th. of August, 1853, which was entirely of a snow-white 
colour, except a few minute grey lines between the bill and 
the eye, a little tinge of grey on the quill feathers of the 
wings, and a very slight smoke-coloured tint over the head. 
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