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externally with yellowish brown, internally with greyish 

 white. Tail, brownish black, the middle feathers, which are 

 shorter than the others, and make it forked, are margined 

 with brownish yellow, the five side ones edged externally, 

 nearly to the tip, with white, and internally more broadly 

 with the same; upper tail coverts, brownish black, margined 

 with brownish yellow; underneath, the tail is barred with grey 

 and white; under tail coverts, whitish, their central part dusky. 

 Legs and toes, yellowish brown; claws, blackish. 



Female; length, five inches and a quarter; neck in front, 

 yellowish grey, tinged with red; throat, streaked on the sides 

 with dusky brown ; breast, yellowish grey, slightly tinged with 

 red; back, streaked with dusky brown and greyish yellow, 

 lighter lower down; in winter greyish or greyish white. The 

 wings extend to the width of nine inches and a half; greater 

 and lesser wing coverts, dull brown, edged with lighter, fading 

 off downwards into whitish, and streaked on the sides with 

 dusky brown; primaries, brownish black, narrowly edged on 

 the outside with white. The tail, brownish black, edged 

 externally with light yellowish brown ; the outer with greyish 

 white, the inner webs greyish white for half their length; 

 upper tail coverts, dusky brown, the outer edges of the 

 feathers yellowish, the inner whitish; under tail coverts, 

 yellowish grey, with a blackish mark on the centre of the 

 leathers. 



The young at first resemble the female. The bill is pale 

 greyish brown above, and pale bluish pink beneath; breast, 

 greyish yellow, streaked with brown, excepting on the middle; 

 the back, yellowish grey, streaked with dusky; toes, pale 

 brownish pink; claws, brown. 



Alfred Newton, Esq., of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 

 thus describes one in the 'Zoologist,' pages 1497-1498, which 

 was only just able to fly: 'Bill, pale brown, the upper one 

 the darkest; head and nape, dull white, each feather having 

 a dark centre; neck in front and breast above, dull white, 

 each feather tipped with dark brown; below, silvery white; 

 back, dark brown, each feather margined with lighter. Greater 

 and lesser wing coverts, dark brown, with buff tips, forming 

 two conspicuous bars across the wing; quill feathers, greyish 

 black, the inner ones with a broad buff outer edge; tail, 

 greyish black, the feathers broadly edged with buff on their 

 outer edges; upper tail coverts, dark brown, each feather 

 margined with lighter; under tail coverts, silvery white, each 



