REDPOLE. 119 



partially assumed' the following spring, but more so with 

 age. Crown, dark brown, the feathers edged with yellowish 

 red; neck in front and on the sides, streaked with dusky 

 and light yellowish brown; throat, brown, the base of the 

 feathers being black, and all the remainder light coloured; 

 breast on the middle part and downwards, brownish white: 

 in the following spring it acquires some red, but not so much 

 as it afterwards attains. Back, streaked with dusky brown 

 and dull light yellowish red. 



The wings are crossed with two broad bands of the latter 

 colour on the coverts; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, 

 dusky, the feathers edged with yellowish brown. Tail, dusky, 

 the feathers edged with yellowish brown; under tail coverts, 

 brownish white; claws, dusky. 



The plate is from a design by the Rev. E. P. Alington. 



