IS A RESTLESS BIlll). 



labouring through the thick mass to the bottom in search 

 of food." Kilsson tells us, moreover, that " even 1 hough 

 the sea he for the greater part frozen over, and the cold 

 intense, many pass the whole of the winter oil' the coast 

 of Scania, in natural openings in the ice." 



The plumage of this beautiful bird, which has a tail 

 like a cock pheasant, varies very greatly according to age, 

 sex, and season of the year; and it is remarkable that out 

 of fifty specimens hardly two resemble each other. With 

 its winter dress we in England are well acquainted, but 

 as that which it puts on in the summer is not so generally 

 known, it may be proper for me to describe it. The head, 

 neck, wings, and upper part of the tail of the adult male 

 are then black-brown ; breast lighter brown ; belly and 

 under part of the tail white ; sides beautifully greyish- 

 white ; sides of the head, in front of the eyes, red-grey ; 

 around the eyes a white ring, which is enlarged behind. 

 and tapers in a point towards the nape of the neck ; the 

 long-pointed shoulder feathers black, with broad chestnut- 

 brown edges; bill, feet, and irides the same as in the 

 winter. The dress of the female does not vary so -r.-alh 

 in the summer as that of the male. Its head and neck 

 are then quite black, most commonly interspersed with 

 greyish-white feathers; throat whitr-grey ; upper part of 

 the breast greyish-brown ; lower part somewhat lighter ; 

 back black-grey; shoulder feathers same colour, but with 

 lighter, and most -cm-rally with reddish edycs ; belly 

 and under part of the tail dirty \\hitc; upper part of 

 the tail-feathers Tcyish-hn>\\ n. with whitish--rcy cd_ 

 the two in the middle a little longer than the rest. 



The Man-Id is a most restless bird, and perpetually 

 in motion. It rarely happens that one sees it in a state 

 of repose during the daytime. Tin- Hock for several 

 an- almost always in company s\\ im pretty fast against 

 the wind. and the individuals comprising it keep up a 



