I 68 BRITISH BIRDS. 



glossy white, like satin, mottled with indistinct 

 brownish spots : primary quills brownish tawny, 

 with dark-coloured tips; secondaries white; outer 

 sides of the legs dusky, inner sides sallow green; 

 webs of the outer toes flesh-colour, middle ones red, 

 and the inner ones orange. 



The foregoing figure and description were taken 

 from a specimen the gift of George Silvertop, of 

 Minster-acres, Northumberland, Esq., January i()th, 

 1802, and shews the bird in a state of change be- 

 tween the summer and winter plumage. 



