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back, and nape, white at the base of the feathers, the remainder 
broadly tipped with brown, the latter colour alone shewing, 
except at the base of the patch. Chin, throat, and breast, 
white, the latter has a few dark feathers on the flanks; back, 
a mixture of blackish brown and brownish grey, the feathers 
white at the base. 
The wings have the first quill feather the longest; they reach 
when closed beyond the end of the tail. Greater and lesser 
wing coverts, blackish brown, bordered with a lighter shade 
of the same, the edges of the middle and lower ones forming 
two light-coloured bars across the wing; primaries, blackish 
brown, the shafts of the same colour. Greater and lesser 
under wing coverts, white. The tail, which is rounded or 
wedge-shaped, consists of twelve feathers, the outer pair white, 
edged and broadly tipped with blackish brown, the next four 
pairs like these, but only slightly edged, the tips of each pair 
being darker as they approach the middle; the shafts of 
all white, except the middle pair, which are brownish black 
except at the base, and have the shafts of the former colour. 
Upper tail coverts, white, and elongated; under tail coverts, 
white, with a little grey. Legs, dusky yellow; toes, dusky 
yellow at the base, the remainder black; claws and webs, 
black. 
The above account is compiled from that given in the 
‘Zoologist,’ page 3691, by Alfred Newton, Esq., of Elvedon 
Hall, near Thetford, Norfolk. 
