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GREY SQUATAIIOLLE. 



abdomen, of a pure white : fore-part of the neck 

 and sides of the breast white, varied with dusky 

 and brown spots : the upper parts of the body 

 dusky brown, varied with yellowish green spots, 

 and the whole of the feathers tipped with dusky 

 and whitish : the under tail-coverts mottled with 

 small diagonal brown bands : the tail white ; red- 

 dish towards the tip ; striped with brown bars, 

 which are paler and fewer in number on the outer 

 feathers : beak black : irides dusky : feet dusky 

 grey. The young somewhat resemble the old ; 

 they have the forehead, the eyebrows, the sides of 

 the breast and those of the body spotted, but 

 paler than in them : the colour of the upper parts 

 of the plumage is of a white grey, varied with 

 dusky ; the quills being slightly edged with whitish : 

 the transverse bars on the tail are grey. 



The summer plumage is as follows : the space 

 between the eye and the beak, the throat, the sides 

 and fore-part of the neck, the middle of the breast, 

 the belly, and the sides of the body, are deep 

 black : the forehead, a broad band above the eyes, 

 the lateral parts of the neck, the sides of the 

 breast, the thighs, and the abdomen, are pure 

 white : the nape is varied with brown, black, and 

 white : the occiput, the back, the scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts, are of a deep black, the whole of 

 the feathers being tipped with a large spot of pure 

 white : on the greater wing-coverts and the sca- 

 pulars are several large white spots: the under 

 tail-coverts are marked with oblique black bands : 

 the middle tail-feathers are striped with white and 

 black. 



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