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Bewick says that the legs and toes are 
pale blue : webs and nails black. Mon- 
tagu describes the legs as being of a dull 
red ; with black claws. Temminck informs 
us that the legs and toes are yellow, webs 
dusky. 
The old female differs considerably from 
the mature bird of the other sex ; her tail 
is short, having its feathers edged with 
white, the two middle ones are not elon- 
gated : forehead, gorget and eye brows of 
a light ash-colour ; nape, front, and lower 
part of the neck as well as the belly and 
abdomen of a pure white ; top of the head 
and a large patch on each side of the neck 
dusky ash-colour; breast variegated with 
ash-colour and brown ; feathers of the back, 
scapulars and coverts black in the middle 
edged and terminated by ash-coloured red ; 
the rest of the upper parts of a sooty brown ; 
the blue of the beak divided by a yellow- 
ish band ; irides light brown ; feet lead 
colour. 
The young of the first year do not differ 
much from the old female ; the light colour 
of the face is varied by numerous brown or 
