KED-XECKED PUALAROPE. Ill 



inches; greater wing coverts, dark lead-colour, tipped with 

 white, forming a distinct bar across the wing in winter; lesser 

 wing coverts, dark lead-colour; primaries, nearly black, or 

 black in winter; secondaries, the same, but not so dark, and 

 with white tips; tertiaries, margined with reddish yellow on 

 the outer web, which in the winter plumage is white; tail, 

 brownish grey, margined with white, the two middle feathers 

 the darkest nearly black; under tail coverts, white. Legs 

 and toes, dusky greenish grey; claws, black; lobes, dusky 

 greenish, those on the front -joint of the toes extend a little 

 beyond the tip of the claw. 



The female is larger than the male, and of similar plumage. 

 Mr. Dunn says that her plumage is more brightly coloured 

 than that of the male, the contrary having been asserted by 

 others. Length, about seven inches. 



The young, the first year, resemble the male in its winter 

 plumage, the head on the top of the crown, black; the chin, 

 throat, and breast, white; the back, black, with yellowish 

 brown edges to the feathers. 



