BRITISH BIRDS. 



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reddish buff; greater coverts white; the belly and 

 vent yellowish dirty white; the feathers on the 

 upper part of the breast are black, edged with pale 

 buff, and are spread over part of the shoulders, 

 breast, and wings; those below, which cover the 

 breast to the thighs, are long and narrowly striped 

 down the middle with pale brown; legs and toes 

 dark green, and nearly of the same length as the 

 bill. 



This species is very rarely met with in this coun- 

 try. The above figure was taken from a stuffed 

 specimen, obligingly lent to this w r ork by Sir M. 

 W. Ridley, Bart., of Blagdon, Northumberland: 

 the bird was shot there on the roth of May, 1810. 



