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BROWN EONGBEAK. 
Lead and neck, deeper on the back and wings, and 
these, in some states, having the feathers edged with 
paler margins. There is a tinge of rufous on the 
breast, but the lower part and the belly, with the 
chin, are white ; the tail and its coverts are similar 
in all states, a slightly deeper rufous tinge on the 
former during summer; the axillary feathers are 
white, barred with black ; quills are deep hair- 
brown, shafts of the first broad and white. It may 
be observed, that, from the month of April until 
winter, various intermediate states of plumage are 
passed through, often very beautiful ; the young 
exhibit a good deal of rufous on the under parts, 
when in their first feathers. 
M. grisetu. 
