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of that colour across; under tail coverts, sooty black. Legs, 

 slender, and as the toes and claws, black; webs, black. 



The female is like the male. 



The young bird is not quite so dark as its parents the 

 first year. The breast has less white near the tail; the 

 margins of the wing coverts are rusty brown. The tertiaries 

 have little or no white on their edges. 



" all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord; 

 praise Him and magnify Him for ever." 



FINIS. 



B. FAWCETT, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, DRIFPIELD. 



