72 THE EUROPEAN DIFFER. 
hold — very few districts wanting it ; and it 
extends to all the larger Hebrides. In suitable 
localities in Ireland, according to Mr Thompson, 
it is equally plentiful ; * and it is found in 
England wherever the character of the country 
assimilates with that which it elsewhere fre- 
quents. 
The head, sides, and back part of the neck, 
umber-brown ; the upper parts of the body, the 
wings, and tail, black, having the feathers on the 
shoulders and back edged with blackish-gray ; 
the eyelids, the throat, neck, and breast, are pure 
white ; the belly chestnut-brown, shading into 
dark brownish black on the flanks, and to black- 
ish-gray on the vent and under tail covers; the 
legs and feet are yellowish-grey ; the tarsi clear- 
est in colour along the front. In the female 
the white and chestnut of the under parts are 
scarcely so clear, and the gray edges of the 
feathers on the back are more clouded. In the 
young the upper parts, including the head and 
neck, are of a deep gray, the edge of each feather 
being yellowish white. On the throat and breast 
dusky yellowish or grayish white, darker where 
the chestnut band commences, and shading into 
dark gray, having there the feathers edged with a 
pale tint, while on the throat and breast each is 
tipped with a narrow bar of blackish gray, 
giving a clouded or dark appearance to the 
whole. 
Mag. of Zool. and Bot. ii. p. 428. 
