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the feathers edged with whitish ; wing-coverts deep ash-grey ; quills dark 

 greyish-brown, their shafts and basal parts white ; the ends of the se- 

 condary and primary coverts, and the basal part of the outer webs of the 

 primaries, being white, a band of that colour is seen on the wing when 

 it is extended. Upper tail-coverts orange-red ; tail deep grey, darker to- 

 wards the end, slightly tipped with reddish. 



Length to end of tail 7^ inches, to end of claws 6f ; extent of wings 

 13 ; wing from flexure 5 ; tail 2J ; bill along the back j|, along the edge 

 of lower mandible ly'g ; tarsus xi ; middle toe {§, its claw ^|. 



Adult Female in summer. Plate CCLV. Fig. 2. 



The Female has the upper part variegated with light red and brown- 

 ish-black, the central part of each feather being of the latter colour, the 

 upper tail-coverts entirely of the former. Wings greyish-black, with a 

 transverse white band ; tail deep grey as in the male. The lower parts 

 are of a less pure red than those of the male, being paler and tinged with 

 grey. 



Adult in winter. Plate CCLV. Fig. 3. 



The winter plumage of the adult is very different in colour. The bill 

 is nearly black, the feet as in summer. The upper part of the head, 

 cheeks, fore part and sides of the neck, breast, abdomen, lower and upper 

 tail-coverts, and a band across the wing, are white ; a brownish-black line 

 from the eye to the occiput, which is of the same colour, as well as the 

 middle of the hind neck. The back, scapulars, and inner secondaries, are 

 ash-grey, the wings as in summer. 



Length to end of tail 7^ inches. 



