BRITISH birds; 
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about the lower part of the neck behind. * The 
back, fcapulars, and tertials are black, edged with 
rufty red : leffer coverts of the wings cinereous 
brown; greater coverts black, edged with ferrugi- 
nous, and tipped with white : primary and fecon- 
dary quills black, the latter white at the ends : the 
rump and tail coverts are white, crolTed with a 
black bar : tail black, tipped with white : the fore 
part of the breaft, belly and vent white : thighs fea- 
thered nearly to the knees : legs and feet red. , 
* In fome fpecimens the lower part of the neck is whitte,. 
