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fore-neck suffused warm buff, remaining under-parts more or less 

 suffused buff. 



Juvenile. — As adult winter but fore -head and crown streaked 

 sepia, feathers edged light buff, nape same but streaks narrower 

 and paler ; mantle and scapulars sepia, feathers notched light buff, 

 lower scapulars edged same ; upper tail-coverts more or legs suffused 

 buff ; eye-stripe, lores, cheeks and sides of neck suffused light buff ; 

 fore-neck, breast, sides of belly and flanks pink-buff, most feathers 

 (except in centre of breast) with narrow central streaks of sepia ; 

 remaining under-parts more or less suffused buff ; tail barred white 

 and sepia, sometimes white suffused buff ; wing as adult but inner- 

 most secondaries and coverts as scapulars ; wing-coverts pale sepia 

 edged light buff. 



First winter. — As adult winter but distinguished by juvenile 

 wing-coverts and sometimes by some juvenile tail-feathers or a 

 juvenile innermost secondary. The juvenile body -feathers, usually 

 some, or all, tail-feathers, usually some innermost secondaries and 

 coverts, some median and lesser coverts, but not rest of wings and 

 sometimes not innermost secondaries are moulted Sept. to Jan. 

 or even March. First summer. Male. — Moult as adult but incom- 

 plete ; sometimes no moult, worn winter feathers being retained, 

 sometimes some new winter but no summer feathers are acquired. 

 Upper -parts greyer owing to many retained winter feathers ; new 

 feathers of crown, nape, mantle and scapulars edged paler pink- 

 cinnamon, nape more broadly streaked sepia ; sides of face, chin, 

 throat and sides of neck paler and intermixed with worn winter 

 feathers ; rest of under-parts more or less intermixed with new 

 summer feathers like those of adult ; wing as first winter but new 

 innermost secondaries as scapulars. Female. — As male but new 

 feathers of crown, mantle and scapulars edged white, suffused 

 light pink-cinnamon ; nape, cheeks, sides of neck, chin and throat 

 as first winter, sometimes more or less suffused pink-cinnamon ; 

 fore -neck and upper-breast streaked sepia (upper-breast sometimes 

 barred same) more or less suffused pink-cinnamon ; sides of body 

 and flanks as adult but merely suffused pink-cinnamon, flanks 

 mostly white ; rest of under-parts white, sometimes some feathers 

 suffused pink-cinnamon. 



Measurements and structure. — <J wing 202-216 mm., tail 67-77, 

 tarsus 46-51, bill from feathers 72-83 (12 measured). $ wing 

 211-227, bill 95-106. Primaries : 1st minute, 2nd longest, 3rd 

 3-7 mm. shorter, 4th 13-16 shorter, 5th 25-31 shorter, 6th 38-46 

 shorter. Longest inner secondary between 4th and 6th primaries. 

 Tail square. Bill long, straight, deep at base, terminal portion 

 flattened and distinctly upturned, nasal groove extending nearly 

 to tip of culmen, similar groove in lower mandible. Tibia and 

 tarsus scutellated in front and behind, front of tarsus towards 

 tibio-tarsal joint covered with hexagonal scales. Four toes, outer 

 and middle ones webbed up to about 1st joint, middle and inner 

 ones slightly webbed at base. 



