LONG-TAILED HARELD. 



neck, the long scapulary feathers, the belly, vent, and 

 lateral tail-feathers are pure white : the cheeks and 

 space under the throat are ash-coloured : on the sides 

 of the neck is a large space of a chesnut-brown colour : 

 the breast, back, rump, and the two middle tail-fea- 

 thers (which are very long) are of a sooty brown : 

 the sides of the body are ash-coloured : the tarsi and 

 toes are yellow : the membranes blackish. The old 

 female differs from the male in having a short tail, 

 with its feathers bordered with white, and the two 

 middle ones are not elongated : the forehead, throat, 

 and eyelids are of a whitish-ash : the nape, front, and 

 under part of the neck, as well as the belly and vent, 

 are pure white: the top of the head and large space 

 on the sides of the neck are blackish-ash : the breast 

 is varied with ash-colour and brown : the feathers of 

 the back, the scapulars, and wing-coverts are black 

 in the middle, with their edges of a reddish-ash : the 

 rest of the upper parts are sooty brown : the beak is 

 bluish, banded with yellow : the irides are clear brown : 

 the legs are lead colour. The young of the year 

 differ but little from the old female : they have the 

 face whitish, varied with numerous brown or ashy 

 spots : the throat, fore part of the neck, and the nape 

 of an ashy-brown : the under part of the neck, a large 

 spot behind the eyes, the belly, and vent white : the 

 breast and thighs varied with spots of brown and ash- 

 colour. The male at the age of one and two years has 

 not the top of the head and the nape of a pure white : 

 these parts, the throat, and the fore part of the neck 

 are of a blackish-brown, varied with spots of white and 

 ash-colour : the feathers of the scapulars are white or 



