436 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 



lead-grey, with broad ends of white ; tertials also 

 lead-grey, margined with orange -yellow; quill and 

 tail-feathers almost black ; the front and sides of the 

 neck, the breast and all the under surface of the 

 body uniform reddish chesnut or bay ; under surface 

 of the tail-feathers ash-grey ; legs, toes and their 

 membranes yellow; claws black. The specimen 

 which I before mentioned as having been killed at 

 Halse has nearly the whole of the beak black, with a 

 little tinge of yellowish brown at the base ; the fore- 

 head and the space from the beak to the eye white ; 

 the top of the head white, spotted with black ; the 

 back of the head and neck black, with a little 

 yellowish rusty on the margins ; back of the eye and 

 ear-coverts dusky ; streak over the eye and longish 

 spot over the ear-coverts white ; feathers of the back 

 and scapulars light bluish grey, very slightly 

 margined with white, amongst these are mixed a 

 good many black feathers, margined with pale 

 yellowish rusty ; the lesser wing- coverts dull bluish 

 black, all except those on the shoulder margined 

 with white ; the greater wing-coverts black at the 

 base, the rest white ; the tail -co verts white, with 

 some black feathers, margined with yellowish rusty, 

 intermixed ; the tail-feathers dusky, margined with 

 white : the primary quills dusk}', with white shafts ; 

 secondaries the same, margined with white ; tertials 

 black, some of the feathers margined with yellowish 

 rusty, the rest with white ; the chin white ; throat 





