172 SHIELDBAKE. 



is not so clear and bright. The bill is without the knob. The 

 band on the breast is not so wide. 



The young, the first year, have the head and neck on the 

 back blackish brown. The chin and throat are white, as also 

 is the breast. The greater and lesser wing coverts, white; 

 primaries, black; the secondaries shew the approach of the 

 green speculum; tertiaries, white edged with chesnut. Legs, 

 toes, and webs, pale yellowish red. The whole plumage is 

 indistinct. 



