BRITISH BIRDS, 
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€yeS3 alfo the cheeks and throaty are white^ but are 
partially dulled or freckled by a mixture of nume- 
rous fmali brownifli afli-coloured fpots : the fore 
part of the neck is darkened with clofer fet and 
larger fpotSj inclining more to brown« Ail the 
upper parts of the plumage are of a deep or black 
brown, and except the greater coverts and the quills 5 
are fpeckled all over with oblong oval white fpots, 
placed on the fide of each feather, near the tip. 
The whole under fide of the body is white, but 
crolfed by a brown bar at the vent. The tail is 
brown, very Ihort, and of a rounded or fan fhape : 
the legs on the infides, down the fhins, and on the 
edges behind, are white : the middle of the webs, 
the two inner toes, and the terminating joint of the 
outer one, together with all the nails, are the fame : 
all the other parts of the legs and feet are dufky. 
A pair of thefe birds were fliot on the Tyne, at 
Newcaftle, in the month of January, by Mr Pollock. 
They differed fomewhat from the preceding fpecies, 
but very little, excepting in weight, from each other. 
This figure and defcription were taken from the 
larger. The fmaller, which probably was the fe- 
male, weighed only two pounds and a half. Al- 
though a particular chapter has been allotted to 
thefe birds, the author does not fuppofe them to 
be a diflind fpecies from the preceding, which was 
probably a very old female. 
