84 CHANGE-LEGGED HOBBY. 



female, but at the first moult it assumes a general bluish grey 

 colour, the feathers on the legs being ferruginous; the bill, 

 cere, legs, toes, and claws, are like those of the old bird. 



The young female has the bill, cere, and iris as in the adult ; 

 crown of the head, reddish brown with dusky streaks, the 

 feathers tipped with light red a small moustache descends 

 from the front of the eye; neck on the sides, pale reddish or 

 yellowish white, with longitudinal brown streaks and blots. 

 The throat white; breast, as the sides of the neck; back, dark 

 brown, the feathers being tipped with reddish brown. Wing 

 coverts, the same; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, dusky 

 black, the inner edges and the tips being buff white. The 

 tail dark brown, crossed with numerous bars of reddish brown ; 

 under tail coverts, deep ferruginous; legs, toes, and claws, as 

 in the adult. 



