316 CREAM-COLOURED SWIFTFOOT. 
each eye, hut through the centre of this, around the 
occiput, and passing over the eyes, is a stripe or 
band of pure white ; the whole of the body is of an 
opaque tint of sienna-yellow, tinged with grey, paler 
on the under parts, and on the throat and fore part 
of the neck, shaded to reddish or yellowish-white ; 
the quills are brownish-hlack, glossed with purple ; 
the tail is nearly of the same tint with the body, the 
feathers paler towards the exterior pairs, and with 
the exception of those in the centre, there is a dark 
spot near to the tip of each ; the legs and feet are 
yellowish- white. The whole length of this species is 
from nine to a little above ten inches, and from the 
length of the legs, it appears to stand proportionally 
taller. Mr. Yarrell states, the young birds of the 
year “ have the feathers clouded with two shades of 
pale brown, with dark irregular transverse lines of 
dusky ash colour,” and the lines round the head are 
not very conspicuous. 
