96 MOOR-HEX. 



their subsequent plumage the bill is dull green, the base 

 darkest; the patch on the forehead small, and partially covered 

 with feathers; the head on the sides is a mixture of blackish 

 brown and white; the neck on the sides yellowish brown; the 

 throat brownish white; the breast ash grey, tinged with yel- 

 lowish brown, paler below, and almost without the longitudinal 

 white streaks; under tail coverts, yellowish; legs and toes, 

 dull green. 



One was killed at Branford, near Ipswich, Suffolk, the 16th. 

 of December, 1847, which had the bill greenish yellow at the 

 tip, and red at the base; the iris red; the head greyish black; 

 breast, greyish white, inclining to chesnut on the sides, below 

 black: the back light chesnut; the wing coverts, primaries, 

 and tertiaries, black, edged with chesnut; the tail also black, 

 edged with chesnut; upper tail coverts, light chesnut; under 

 tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, green; all the plumage 

 of the body with the webs disunited, having the appearance 

 of hair. 



The Rev. R. P. Alington has furnished the drawing from 

 which the plate is taken. 



