156 MAETIX. 



secondaries, and tertlaries, dull black. Tail, dull black and 

 forked; upper tail coverts, white; legs and toes, small, and 

 covered with short white downy feathers; claws, curved, sharp, 

 and of a greyish horn-colour. 



The female resembles the male, but the colour is not so 

 bright, and the white on the chin and throat is less pure. 



The young resemble the female. 



White varieties are sometimes obtained; one has been shot 

 with the middle feather of the tail white. 



