KNOT. 69 



orange-coloured brown on the throat, sides, and fore-part 

 of the neck, breast, and belly ; where the light shines upon 

 the breast it reflects a rose-copper. Top of the head, 

 nape, and hinder part of the neck, orange-brown, with 

 black streaks, and a few small white spots. The back and 

 the scapulars are black, barred and marked with orange- 

 brown ; the edges of the feathers mostly white ; rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts barred with black, white, and orange- 

 brown. Tail-feathers dusky, with rust-coloured edges ; 

 the beak and legs are bluish-black ; the shafts of the 

 feathers are white ; iris dusky. 



There is no difference in the plumage of the male and 

 female, unless closely compared together, when that of 

 the male bird will be found to be the brightest. 



The adult in winter has a very different appearance, 

 the top of its head being of a brownish grey, with the 

 shafts of the feathers darker ; this colour extends over the 

 neck, back, scapulars, and wing-coverts ; the latter being 

 tipped with white, form a white bar on the wing ; between 

 the beak and the eye is a dusky streak, and a white streak 

 over the eye. The forehead, throat, and all the under 

 parts are white ; the sides of the neck and front are 

 streaked with wood-brown ; the breast and flanks trans- 

 versely barred with the same. The rump and upper tail- 

 coverts white, and barred with black in crescent-shaped 

 figures ; tail-feathers cinereous, with white edges. Beak 

 and legs blackish-grey ; iris dusky. 



