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the straw-coloured shafts ; greater and lesser wing coverts, crossed 

 with yellowish white bars; legs and toes, greyish yellow. 



The young of the year resemble the female; the males do 

 not acquire the black patch till the second year. 



Varieties have occurred of a white and of a yellowish white 

 colour, some spotted with white, and others dusky all over. 



