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the primary quills black, some of those nearest the 

 body tinged with brown on the inner webs and 

 slightly margined with white the shafts of all are 

 white ; chin, throat and all the under parts are 

 brick- dust red, with a few white feathers mixed, 

 especially on the belly and under tail- coverts; these 

 probably are feathers that had not assumed their 

 full summer colouring. 



In the winter plumage the head and back of the 

 neck are streaked dark ash-grey and white; the 

 back, scapulars and wing- coverts are darkish ash- 

 grey, nearly dusky, each feather margined with 

 white, the shafts black ; the rump and tail-coverts 

 white, with a few dark markings; the tail white, 

 barred with dusky; the primary quills are dark 

 dusky, almost black, those nearest the body are 

 tinged with pale dusky brown on the inner webs, 

 narrowly tipped and margined with white, the 

 shafts are white; the chin, throat and breast are 

 very pale ash-grey, with a few darker streaks in the 

 centres of the feathers ; the flanks are white, with a 

 few ash-grey marks on the feathers ; the belly and 

 under tail-coverts are white ; the legs, toes and claws 

 nearly black. 



In a young bird of the year, shot on the 1st of 

 September, the space between the beak and the eye 

 is darkish brown, mixed with pale brown, over this 

 and over the eye is a pale dirty white streak ; the top 

 of the head is dark dusky brown, streaked with pale 



