148 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
and base also white; legs and toes covered with brownish white 
feathers; bill, black. Total length, about 14 inches; wing, 7%; 
tail, 54. 
Downy Young.—General color of body, olive-buff, tinged with 
ochraceous on breast, back, and wings; throat and under parts 
lightest; top of head and occiput, chestnut, bordered with black; 
spot on lores, ear-coverts, line down hind-neck and broader lines 
on back, black. 
Winter Plumage.—Entire body, pure white; tail, black, 
tipped with white. 
