20 THE BIRD WATCHER 
colour of the comm®@f form (a shade lighter, perhaps, 
on the under surface), but with a cream patch on each 
side of the neck, just below the head. These patches 
are not, perhaps, of the brightest cream, but they are 
very conspicuous, whether the bird is seen standing 
or flying—in fact, the salient feature. 
(14) A bird that would be the extreme light form 
(No. 1), but for a distinct collar of soft brown divid- 
ing the cream of the neck and throat from that of 
the breast. 
(15) A bird that is yellowish dun on the neck and 
throat, mottled-brown on the breast, and a fine cream 
on the ventral surface. 
Moreover, all these birds differed to a greater or 
less extent in those lighter markings of the quill 
feathers, both on the upper and under surface, some 
being lighter and some darker ; following, in this 
respect, the general colouring. This feature, however, 
is only apparent when the birds fly, and | found it too 
laborious to include. 
I can say with certainty, I think—judging by the 
lance-like projecting feathers of the tail, absent in the 
young bird, and by every other indication—that all 
the individuals here described by me, were birds of 
mature plumage. They were all established in one 
locality, and I was able to compare most of them with 
each other. I think, therefore, that though there 
might, perhaps, be some difference of opinion in 
regard to some of my colour terms—as where would 
there not be?—yet that the variation between the 
