530 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 



tinged with vermilion,* and the other note de- 

 scribing the inner rim as yellow, and the rest 

 carmine-pink.f "From the base of the upper 

 mandible to the eye, and from thence for the space 

 of an inch behind the eye, the feathers are of a rich 

 yellowish chesnut, the latter elongated, forming a 

 tuft; from the chin, the feathers on the throat, 

 cheeks and sides of the neck are also elongated, 

 forming a ruff of rich dark brown ; back of the neck 

 and all the upper surface of the body dark brown ; 

 the secondaries of the wings alone white, but scarcely 

 seen unless the wings are extended ; neck in front 

 rich reddish chesnut, becoming rather darker towards 

 the bottom ; breast and belly shining silvery white ; 

 sides under the wings dusky, mixed with some ches- 

 nut streaks ; legs and toes dark greenish brown out- 

 side, varied with yellowish green on the edges and 

 inner surface." This is Yarrell's description of the 

 adult bird in summer plumage. A bird in my own 

 collection, shot in Torbay in the winter, has the top 

 of the head and ear-tufts (which are short) dusky; 

 the back and all the upper parts dusky ; secondary 

 quills white ; lower part of the face and sides of the 

 neck and all the under parts white ; flanks and 

 thighs dusky and white mixed : in this plumage, 

 which is the one in which this bird is most 



* ' Zoologist' for 1865, p. 9435, 

 f Id., p. 9565. 





