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BRITISH BIRDS. 



about the lower part of the neck behind.* The 

 back, scapulars, and tertials are black, edged with 

 rusty red: lesser coverts of the wings cinereous 

 brown; greater coverts black, edged with ferru- 

 ginous, and tipped with white ; primary and 

 secondary quills black, the latter white at the 

 ends; rump and tail coverts white, crossed with a 

 black bar : tail black, tipped with white : fore part 

 of the breast, belly, and vent white: thighs fea- 

 thered nearly to the knees : legs and feet red. Our 

 figure represents a bird in summer plumage. 



* In some specimens the lower part of the neck is white. 



