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, 7f ; 

 tail, 5i. 



Downy Yoiaig. — 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. 



IVIn/er Plumage. — Entire body, pure white; tail, black, 

 tipped with white. 



