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in the fourth, fifth, and sixth, assimilate to the feather at that 

 part, which is white; the whole of the outer webs of the first 

 five black, the inner webs with a broad edging of dull white 

 to within from one to two inches of the end; in the sixth the 

 inner web is dull white, the outer black, excepting for about 

 a quarter of an inch from the tip, where it is white, and 

 again at about an inch from the end, where a white oval- 

 shaped spot appears; (the above description is compiled from 

 Mr. Thompson's, of Belfast.) Secondaries, broadly tipped with 

 white; tertiaries, grey; greater and lesser under wing coverts, 

 white. The tail, less forked than in the full-grown bird, is 

 dull white, the tip black; upper and under tail coverts, white. 

 Legs and toes, black; webs black. 



