140 FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



tween the bill and the eye there is a black mark, which 

 passes under it, and a dark line passes backwards in the 

 shape of a semicircle. Over the eye is a streak of grey or 

 buff. The crown is ash grey, the feathers having a dusky 

 streak in the centre; front and sides of neck are light 

 yellowish-red, with triangular marks of brownish-black; 

 chin and throat pale yellowish-orange, streaked with 

 black; breast is light yellowish-red, spotted with triangular 

 marks of blackish-brown ; the sides are paler and the spots 

 are larger. The back on the upper part is a dark chestnut, 

 shaded in the lower portion into bluish-grey, which is 

 very conspicuous in flight. The wings are brownish, and 

 the under coverts are white. Tail is a deep greyish -black, 

 long, and the feathers even ; upper tail-coverts ash grey ; 

 under tail-coverts white; legs and toes dusky brown; claws 

 blackish-brown. 



The female resembles the male. 



The bird is variously known as the Fieldfare, Feet, 

 Feltfare, Blue-back, Blue-tail, and Blue-felt. 



