358 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 



neck are reddish brown, streaked with light yel- 

 lowish brown ; the feathers on the sides of the neck 

 are long and lap over the bare part on the back of 

 the neck ; from the base of the lower mandible, a 

 little way down the sides of the neck, is a streak of 

 white ; the chin is reddish brown, streaked with dark 

 brown ; the back very dark brown, nearly black, the 

 feathers margined with yellowish brown ; the wing- 

 coverts are light yellowish brown, tinged in the 

 centre with a darker shade ; the tail is black ; the 

 quills the same, the tertials edged with very dark 

 reddish brown; the fore part of the neck, breast 

 and under parts are streaked yellowish brown and 

 white, with a black streak on the shafts of the 

 feathers ; the under tail-coverts are white ; legs, toes 

 and claws reddish brown. This description, with 

 the exception of the parts liable to fade, is taken 

 from the two specimens at Taunton (Mr. Haddon's 

 and the one at the Museum) : these both appear to 

 be young birds, but not so young as the one men- 

 tioned by Yarrell with the down still on. The 

 plumage of the adult bird, according to Yarrell, is 

 as follows : The top of the head, the occiput, the 

 shoulders, the wing primaries and the tail-feathers 

 are of a shining bluish black ; all the wing-coverts 

 are buff-coloured ; the cheeks and sides of the neck 

 throughout its whole length buff; the chin and the 

 neck in front white, partially tinged with buff; in 

 the lower part of the neck on each side, just in 





