316 CREAM-COLOURED SWIFTFOOT. 



each eye, but through the centre of this, around the 

 occiput, and passing over the eyes, is a stripe or 

 band of pure white ; the whole of the body is of an 

 opaque tint of sienna-yellow, tinged with grey, paler 

 on the under parts, and on the throat and fore part 

 of the neck, shaded to reddish or yellowish-white ; 

 the quills are brownish-black, glossed with purple ; 

 the tail is nearly of the same tint with the body, the 

 feathers paler towards the exterior pairs, and with 

 the exception of those in the centre, there is a dark 

 spot near to the tip of each ; the legs and feet are 

 yellowish- white. The whole length of this species is 

 from nine to a little above ten inches, and from the 

 length of the legs, it appears to stand proportionally 

 taller. Mr. Yarrell states, the young birds of the 

 year " have the feathers clouded with two shades of 

 pale brown, with dark irregular transverse lines of 

 dusky ash colour," and the lines round the head are 

 not very conspicuous. 



