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back, and nape, white at the base of the feathers, the remainder 

 broadly tipped with brown, the latter colour alone shewing, 

 except at the base of the patch. Chin, throat, and breast, 

 white, the latter has a few dark feathers on the flanks $ back, 

 a mixture of blackish brown and brownish grey, the feathers 

 white at the base. 



The wings have the first quill feather the longest; they reach 

 when closed beyond the end of the tail. Greater and lesser 

 wing coverts, blackish brown, bordered with a lighter shade 

 of the same, the edges of the middle and lower ones forming 

 two light-coloured bars across the wing; primaries, blackish 

 brown, the shafts of the same colour. Greater and lesser 

 under wing coverts, white. The tail, which is rounded or 

 wedge-shaped, consists of twelve feathers, the outer pair white, 

 edged and broadly tipped with blackish brown, the next four 

 pairs like these, but only slightly edged, the tips of each pair 

 being darker as they approach the middle; the shafts of 

 all white, except the middle pair, which are brownish black 

 except at the base, and have the shafts of the former colour. 

 Upper tail coverts, white, and elongated; under tail coverts, 

 white, with a little grey. Legs, dusky yellow; toes, dusky 

 yellow at the base, the remainder black; claws and webs, 

 black. 



The above account is compiled from that given in the 

 'Zoologist,' page 3691, by Alfred Newton, Esq., of Elvedon 

 Hall, near Thetford, Norfolk. 



