160 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 



coverts ; ear-coverts darker brown ; back and scaptt- 

 lars black, a few of the feathers being still very 

 slightly margined with light rusty and dull white; 

 lesser wing-coverts black, margined with white ; the 

 greater wing-coverts are the same, except that the 

 margins are slighter and duller, and some of the 

 feathers are white nearly to the base ; primary quills 

 dark dusky, almost black, very slightly edged with 

 white ; spurious wing the same ; secondaries the 

 same, but with broader margins of white ; tertials 

 furthest from the body white, making with part of 

 the greater wing- coverts a streak of white on the 

 closed wing ; those nearest to the body black, slightly 

 margined with rusty ; tail-coverts white, with a very 

 few of the rusty margins left ; tail dusky, except the 

 three outer feathers on each side, the basal half of 

 which is white ; throat, breast and all the under parts 

 white ; legs, toes and claws black at all times. 



The other bird shot at the same time differs in 

 having much less white on the head and sides of the 

 neck, which are all grey, or rather perhaps speckled 

 dusky and white. 



The bird shot at Exmouth in the autumn differs 

 materially, having the fore part of the head dark 

 rusty, almost black ; back of the head, cheeks, ear- 

 coverts and nape yellowish rusty ; back and scapular 

 feathers black, but so broadly margined with rusty 

 as scarcely to show any of the black ; rump reddish 

 rusty ; tail-coverts those in the centre black, deeply 



