190 BROWN LONGBEAK. 



head and neck, deeper on the hack and wings, and 

 these, in some states, having the feathers edged with 

 paler margins. There is a tinge of rufous on the 

 breast, but the lower part and the belly, with the 

 chin, are white ; the tail and its coverts are similar 

 in all states, a slightly deeper rufous tinge on the 

 former during summer; the axillary feathers are 

 white, barred with black ; quills are deep hair- 

 brown, shafts of the first broad and white. It may 

 be observed, that, from the month of April until 

 winter, various intermediate states of plumage are 

 passed through, often very beautiful ; the young 

 exhibit a good deal of rufous on the under parts, 

 when in their first feathers. 



M. griseiu* 



