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the base and at the tip, the intermediate 

 portion being black, the amount of white 

 increasing and the black diminishing 

 regularly from the first quill to the tenth. 

 The other quills are all white. The tail 

 is white banded with black, and the 

 feathers covering the tail above are chiefly 

 white. 



The male in winter plumage has no 

 lengthened feathers on the hindneck. 

 The black, white and bluish-grey of the 

 head and neck are lost, and are replaced 

 by fulvous marked with black, the throat 

 only being white. The whole body, 

 wings and tail are the same as in summer. 



The female bird at all seasons resembles 

 the male in winter plumage in general 

 coloration, but the breast and the sides of 

 the body are barred and spotted with 

 black. The upper plumage and wings are 

 coarsely marked with black, and the fulvous 

 colour predominates over the black. 



Male : length about 18 ; wing about 

 9! ; tail nearly 4. Female : length about 

 19; wing 10 ; tail quite 4. Legs dull 

 yellow ; irides reddish brown ; bill blackish 

 with some green or yellow at the base. 

 Weight about 2 Ib. 



