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BRITISH BIRDS. 



irides chocolate. The female scarcely differs in colour from the male, 

 except that the black is browner and the white is not so pure, and the 

 legs are a little shorter. Young in first plumage have the black parts still 

 browner, most of the feathers having pale edges, and the white parts are 

 still more suffused with brown. Males of the year closely resemble adult 

 females. The winter plumage does not differ from that of summer. The 

 young in down are almost white, variegated with brown on the head and 

 back. 



