136 THE BOOK OF MIGRATORY BIRDS 



In the adult full winter dress, the plumage above is 

 brocoli-brown, on the crown and back of the neck with 

 the centre of the feathers darker, on the back having the 

 shafts only dark; the under parts of the bird are pure 

 white, having the feathers on the cheeks and neck dark in 

 the centres; on the breast these are broader, and on the 

 flanks they are distributed in irregular waves; the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts are white, barred with clove-brown; 

 the tail is nearly of the same tint, with the upper plumage, 

 the outer feathers paler in shade, all narrowly edged with, 

 and having the shafts yellowish-white. Its breeding-place 

 is Northern and Arctic Europe, Northern and Arctic 

 America, and New Holland. 



