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greater wing coverts, most of the secondaries and under parts 

 generally, pure white. Rest of upper parts, long scapulars, and 

 some secondaries, black. Base of secondaries, black, forming an 

 indistinct bar hidden under the white tips of greater coverts. 

 Primaries and their coverts, brownish black. Outer webs of up- 

 permost flank feathers, partly or wholly white. Tail, ashy. 

 Bill, greenish black. Legs and feet, orange; webs, dusky. Iris, 

 golden yellow. Total length, about 20 inches; wing, 8,^^; tail, 4^; 

 tarsus, i|; culmen, i^^; bill, height at base, ^; width, ^; width 

 of nail, i. 



Adult Female. — Head and upper part of neck, hair brown. 

 Collar on neck, very narrow behind; white, streaked with bluish 

 gray. Back, blackish brown; feathers, on upper back, edged 

 with bluish gray; those of upper tail coverts, tipped with pale 

 brown. White on wings not so extensive as on those of the 

 male. Tips of greater wing coverts, black, forming a bar 

 across the white. Primaries, brownish black. A band of bluish 

 gray across upper part of breast. Under parts, white. Thighs, 

 dusky. Tail, dark brown, like the back. Bill, dull yellowish, 

 shaded with blackish brown. Bills of different individuals vary in 

 color. Legs and feet, orange; webs, dusky. Iris, golden yellow. 

 Wing, 8 inches; tail, 4^; culmen, i-^; tarsus, i^,; bill, height at 

 base, t'^; width at base -3^; width of nail, \. Height of bill from 

 point of angle to nearest cutting edge less than the distatice 

 between the farthest edge of nostril and nearest feathers at base 

 of bill. 



Downy Young. — Upper parts, dark brown; throat, white; 

 breast and flanks, pale brown; belly, pale gray. 



