THE BIRD-LIFE OF LONDON 



buff ; the tail-feathers are rigid, brown in tint, with yellow 

 shafts. The under parts are silver-white, suffused with 

 buff on the flanks and under tail-coverts. Bill dark 

 brown, paler below ; tarsi and toes brown ; irides brown. 

 Length about 5 inches. The nestling resembles the adult 

 in colour, but has a shorter and nearly straight bill. 



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