26 SANDWICH TEEN. 



black, and much curved, hollow below and a sharp edge 

 on the upper side; webs, dusky black, and yellow under- 

 neath. 



The female has scarcely any of the red tint, and the tail 

 is shorter. 



The young, when towards a year old, have the upper bill 

 dark brownish black, with a tinge of yellowish red, the lower 

 one pale yellowish red or brown at the base, the space 

 between the bill and the eye dark; iris, pale yellowish 

 brown; forehead, greyish white. Head on the crown, and 

 back, blackish grey, the feathers edged with white; neck on 

 the back, and nape, dull white; chin, throat, and breast, 

 dull white; back, grey, mottled across with pale brown. 

 Greater wing coverts, grey, the tips white; lesser wing 

 coverts, grey, varied with crescent-shaped marks of pale 

 brown; primaries, deep blackish grey, the inner margins and 

 tips white, the outside one nearly black, except the shaft, 

 which is white; tertiaries, greyish white, barred with dusky 

 reddish brown. Tail, greyish dusky on the base and middle 

 part, the inner webs and tips of the feathers white; legs 

 and toes, dark dusky brown; webs, dark dusky brown. 



In another stage of plumage the head is mottled with 

 black and white, the back marked with angular spots of 

 black, so also are the wing coverts and the tail. 



