HOODED MEEGAXSER. 99 



Df the end of the tail. The secondaries have the outside edges 

 of the outer webs white, forming a small speculum. The tail 

 consists of fourteen feathers, and is deep brown. Legs and 

 toes, clear reddish brown. 



The young at first resemble the female. The male obtains 

 some white on the head in the second year, but is not complete 

 in plumage till the third. 



