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regularly and distinctly barred with black and dull white ; tail- 
feathers also blackish, narrowly barred across with white, the 
bars somewhat interrupted on the outer feathers ; sides of face, 
throat, and under surface of body sooty-black, with the remains 
of whitish margins, these being more distinct on the abdomen ; 
the under tail-covcrts distinctly barred with black and white ; 
under wing-coverts and axillaries pure white, the edge of the 
wing and lower primary-coverts barred with black ; bill very 
dark brown, the basal half of the lower mandible dusky-red ; 
legs and toes orange-red; claws black; iris brown. Total 
length, 12 inches; culmen, 2'4; wing, 6-25; tail, 2-4; tarsus, 
2'I. 
Adult Female in Breeding Plumage. — Not to be distinguished 
from the male. Total length, 12 Inches; culmen, 2-3; wing, 
6 ’45 ; tail, 2 '5 ; tarsus, 2‘i. 
Adult in Winter Plumage. — Entirely different from the summer 
plumage, but with red legs; upper surface grey, the lower 
back white ; the rump and upper tail-coverts barred with black 
and white ; wings bronzy-brown, all the coverts and secondaries 
edged or notched with white, the secondaries as plainly barred 
with black and white as in the breeding-plumage ; the inner- 
most secondaries bronzy-brown, with imperfect bars of black on 
the margins ; head grey like the back, with a supra-loral mark 
of white ; lores ashy ; sides of face white, streaked with ashy- 
grey; under surface of body wliite, with streaks of dusky- 
grey on the fore-neck ; sides of upper breast also ashy-grey ; on 
the flanks and under tail-coverts a few incomplete dusky cross- 
bars. 
Young Birds in First Plumage. — Similar to the winter plumage of 
the adults, but darker and more bronzy-brown, with white spots 
on the edges of the feathers, very distinct on the scapulars and 
wing-coverts ; centre tail-feathers regularly barred with dusky ; 
under surface of body broadly barred with dusky black- 
ish on the breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts; the lower 
throat, fore-neck, and chest thickly mottled with dusky grey ; 
the secondaries not so distinctly barred with white as in the 
adults, the white bars not being continuous across the feathers ; 
bill olive, the base of the lower mandible orange ; feet 
orange, glfliyg phve ; iris hazel, 
