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bordered and tipped with white, but the cross bands thus 

 formed are narrower than in the male: the last secondary is 

 grey, having the outer web white, bordered with a tint of 

 black; tertiaries, dark bluish grey. Tail, dark greyish brown; 

 it consists of sixteen feathers; upper tail coverts, dark 

 greyish brown. Legs and toes, bluish grey; webs, bluish 

 grey. 



The young male resembles the female till the second year, 

 but the reddish brown on the head is clearer, and the 

 feathers less elongated; the greater wing coverts and the 

 secondaries are of a deeper black, and the white tips are 

 conspicuous, the back too then becomes varied with black, 

 and the two crescents begin to shew themselves. 



The young female does not acquire the dark patch behind 

 the bill till her second year. There is more of the red 

 colour on the back of the neck. The lesser wing coverts are 

 greyish white, and the breast is dull white. 



