﻿RUDDY SHIELDRAKE. 



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the eyes are bright yellow ; the eyelids white ; the beak 

 slate-colour ; some of the back feathers are pencilled with 



undulating lines of slate colour. 



The female has not any of the black ring around the 

 neck, and her plumage is less bright. The young has the 

 eye brownish- yellow. 



