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wing- feathers a shade darker, but with lighter- coloured ex- 

 ternal edges : from the beak to the eye, and the ear-coverts, 

 clove brown ; over the eye a streak of pale wood-brown ; 

 the irides hazel : the chin, throat, belly, vent-feathers, and 

 under tail- coverts, dull white ; sides of the neck, upper 

 part of the breast, and the flanks, dull white, tinged with 

 wood-brown, and streaked longitudinally with clove-brown ; 

 under surface of the great wing and tail-feathers ash-grey ; 

 sides of the body, under wing-coverts, and axillary feathers, 

 bright reddish orange, from which peculiarity the bird has 

 derived its name : legs pale brown ; toes and curved claws 

 darker brown. 



The whole length of the Redwing is about eight inches 

 and three-quarters. The wing from the carpal joint to the 

 end of the longest primary measures four inches and three- 

 eighths : the first feather very short ; the second equal in 

 length to the fifth ; the third and fourth also equal in 

 length, and the longest in the wing. 



The plumage of the female Redwing is less bright than 

 that of the male. 



White and cream-coloured varieties of this bird have 

 been obtained. 



The outline vignette below represents the form of the 

 breastbone of the Great Grey Shrike and the Spotted 

 Flycatcher. 



