PEEWIT. 49 



colour, and purple. The tail, rather short, is white on the 

 inner part, rich black on the outer, but the white prevailing 

 more over the two or three outside feathers, the extreme one 

 almost entirely white, having only a greyish black spot near 

 the tip of the outer web; the tail has the tip narrowly white. 

 Upper tail coverts, pale reddish chesnut; under tail coverts, 

 paler fawn-colour. Legs and toes, dull orange purple brown; 

 claws, black. 



The female generally resembles the male, but the crest is 

 shorter not much more than half the length, and she is 

 somewhat duller in tint. The mark between the bill and the 

 eye, and the crown, deep brown; chin and throat, white. 

 The back in winter has the feathers narrowly tipped with 

 yellowish white. 



The young, when first hatched, are covered with a dark 

 yellowish down with a mixture of brown, and afterwards have 

 the feathers on the upper parts edged with buff; when fledged 

 and in the first year, the crest is very short, the streak below 

 the eye dusky, the whole plumage edged with yellowish brown. 

 Legs and toes, grey with a pink tinge. 



Varieties have occurred white, cream-coloured, and dun- 

 coloured. 



