342 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 



the white spot near the beak, black ; there is a small 

 white spot on the side of the breast, just beyond the 

 point of the folded wing, and a very narrow white 

 streak round the back of the neck; the back and 

 scapulars are rich glossy black, with a few bright 

 bay feathers intermixed, some of the scapulars are 

 slightly margined with white, but the margins appear 

 wearing off; the lower part of the back is pure white ; 

 there is a band of black on the rump ; the upper 

 tail-coverts are white ; the tail-feathers are nearly 

 black, with a little white at the tips, the outside 

 feathers on each side are nearly all white ; the wing- 

 coverts are broadly margined with rufous, and are 

 black (or very dark brown) in the centre ; some of 

 the wing- coverts close to the body and the tips of 

 the greater coverts are white ; the quills are dusky, 

 with white shafts ; the belly, flanks and under tail- 

 coverts pure white; the legs and toes very bright 

 orange-red; the claws black. This is the descrip- 

 tion of the bird shot by myself in Guernsey in July, 

 and agrees almost perfectly with Mr. Haddon's bird 

 previously mentioned. Another specimen, also killed 

 at Stolford, and given to me by Mr. Haddon, is in a 

 transition state : it has the head and neck dark 

 dusky brown, speckled with white; the back and 

 scapulars dusky brown, black and bay mixed; the 

 wing-coverts almost entirely dusky brown, with a 

 very little bay and rufous appearing ; chin and throat 

 white, with a few black feathers ; breast black, dusky 



