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The young of the first year have the 
head and front of the neck of a greyish 
white, covered with numerous brown spots, 
which are broadest on the neck ; the fea- 
thers of the upper parts are of a dusky 
brown in the middle, all bordered and ter- 
minated with reddish white; transverse 
bands of the same colour upon the wing- 
coverts ; under parts of a dirty grey, 
marked with broad brown zigzag lines and 
spots ; feathers in the middle of the tail 
more black than white, the lateral ones 
black towards the end, the edges and ter- 
minations of all whitish ; quills dusky, a 
little white at their extreme point ; beak 
black ; irides and naked circle brown ; legs 
livid brown. In this plumage it is the 
L. Ncevius of Gmelin, and the Wagel of 
4 Latham, &c. 
From the first, to the end of the second 
year, it does not change, except that the 
dusty brown and fawn colour in the mid- 
dle of the feathers occupies gradually less 
space, to make room for the pure white 
which then surrounds all the feathers ; the 
white begins to prevail over the grey on 
