aE COOT 
brown, the secondaries being tipped with white, forming 
a bar across the wings. Bill pale pink, shading into white 
at the tip; frontal shield white; tarsi and lobed toes 
olive, the tarsal joint orange; irides crimson. Length 
144 inches. ‘The young in first plumage have the upper 
parts olive-brown and the under parts nearly white. 
The young in down are rich black, with a few white 
tips to some of the filaments. 
bho 
