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centre ones narrowly tipped with white and tinged with rufous. The 

 underparts are pale yellowish brown, shading into white on the under tail- 

 coverts. Bill in summer lead-blue, in winter pinkish brown ; legs, feet, and 

 claws pale brown ; irides greyish white. The female is not very different 

 from the male ; but the colours are duller, and the white spots are not so 

 pure. 



Young in first plumage have the wings and tail of the adult ; but the 

 black at the base of the bill and on the throat is absent, as is also the grey 

 collar ; the breast and flanks are barred with brown ; and the head, 

 throat, and upper parts are more or less suffused with yellow. This plu- 

 mage is, however, changed into that of the adult by a moult in the first 

 autumn. The autumn plumage of the adult is much richer than in summer, 

 but does not otherwise differ. 





