360 YELLOW RUMP. 



and also on the crown, a spot of fainter yellow; this last not ob- 

 servable without separating the plumage; bill, legs and wings 

 black; lesser coverts tipt with brownish white; tail coverts slate; 

 the three exterior tail feathers marked on their inner vanes 

 with white; a touch of the same on the upper and lower eye- 

 lid. Male and female at this season nearly alike. They begin 

 to change about the middle of February, and in four or five 

 weeks are in their slate coloured dress, as represented in the 

 figure referred to. 



