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ashy brown. The first series of upper 

 wing-coverts, along the margin of the 

 wing, is brown; the second or middle 

 series is white. The third series is white, 

 with partly concealed black bases, the 

 portion visible forming a black band across 

 the white of the wing. The primaries are 

 drab on the inner web, the tip black ; the 

 outer webs are entirely black. The first 

 four secondaries are blackish, with some 

 white at the tip of the inner web. The next 

 six are white, the base of the outer web 

 black, the base of the inner web brown. 

 The visible portions of the black bases 

 of the outer webs form a second black 

 bar across the wing. The next second- 

 aries are white, margined with black ; the 

 innermost secondaries are plain brown. 



With regard to the post-nuptial plumage 

 of the male, Seebohm remarks : — " Males 

 in moulting-dress closely resemble males 

 in first plumage, but have the dark mark- 

 ings on the breast and flanks slate-grey 

 instead of brown." Yarreil says that 

 " old males from early spring till their 

 autumn moult begins, lose the rich glossy 

 green of the head and neck, which de- 

 generates into an obscure brown, while 

 the fine chestnut colour of the breast 

 entirely disappears." Lastly I quote from 



