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Forehead, white; over it a black band, deepest coloured in 

 summer, crosses to the eyes; crown, neck on the back, and 

 nape, greyish brown; chin and throat, white, extending 

 backwards to the nape; breast, white, with a wide collar of 

 intense black across its upper part, deepest in hue in summer; 

 it is about an inch in breadth, and passing round in a 

 narrowed circle, mingles with the colour of the back; back, 

 greyish brown. 



The wings have the first feather the longest; greater and 

 lesser wing coverts, greyish brown, the former tipped with 

 white, shewing in flight; primaries, deep brownish black, with 

 some white at their base; the outer end of each shaft, for 

 about an inch, white, and the tips of some of the inner 

 ones; secondaries, brown, tipped with white, forming a bar 

 across, and the basal part of the outer ones white; tertiaries, 

 greyish brown. Greater under wing coverts, greyish brown, 

 with white tips to some of them; lesser under wing coverts, 

 greyish brown. Tail, greyish brown at the base, darkening to 

 greyish black towards the end; the two middle feathers are 

 the longest, and only slightly marked with white at the end; 

 the next four on each side tipped with white, the outer but 

 one has the outer web entirely white; the outer one on each 

 side is wholly white, with the exception of a black spot in 

 the centre of the inner web. Upper tail coverts, greyish brown ; 

 under tail coverts, white; legs and toes, orange yellow; claws, 

 black. 



The female resembles the male, but has the black bands on 

 the forehead and the upper part of the breast narrower, and 

 not so deep in colour, and her whole plumage duller. 



The young have the bill almost entirely black, the under 

 one pale orange yellow; from the base to the eye is a dusky 

 streak; the forehead has no black band over the white one, 

 which is dull white; crown, greyish brown, without the black 

 band, and below the back of the head is a shade of dull 

 black; the collar on the upper part of the breast is pale dusky 

 brown. Chin, throat, and breast, white, with a tinge of yellow, 

 the gorget dull brown; back, greyish brown, each feather edged 

 with yellowish brown. Greater and lesser wing coverts, greyish 

 brown, the feathers edged and tipped with pale yellowish 

 or whitish brown; secondaries and tertiaries, greyish brown, 

 each feather edged with yellowish brown. The tail has the 

 two middle pairs of feathers tipped with yellowish brown; 

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