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BRITISH BIRDS. 



question should not long ago have been cleared up ; but an example in 

 Hargitt's collection, obtained by Mr. H. C. Miiller on the Faroes, in 

 August, seems to prove conclusively that the young in first plumage 

 exactly resemble adults. It is an example of the usual light phase, and 

 large masses of down are still adhering to the upper and under tail- 

 co verts. 



