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shorter than is usual witli the I'dlcunidfc, and so better adapted for immersion. 



The female is like the male, onlj' somewhat darker, and has a broad V^rown 

 band across the chest, and is rather larger; length 24 inches. 



Young birds have all the feathers on the upper parts conspicuously edged 

 with white; their tails are more strongly barred than in tlie adult; they do not 

 assume the full plumage until the third or fourth year. 



