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sides, which become brownish in the autumn. Back, bright 
chesnut brown and grey on the upper part, with blackish 
spots, on the remainder the feathers are dark brown, with 
reddish brown edges, and each feather is dusky along the 
shaft. 
Greater and lesser wing coverts, blackish brown, with a 
broad margin of reddish, some of the latter tipped with white; 
primaries, blackish brown, edged with reddish white, with 
narrow light-coloured margins on the outer webs; the first is 
the longest; secondaries, blackish brown, edged with rust-colour 
or whitish; tertiaries, blackish brown, with a broad margin 
of reddish. The tail, which is forked, is blackish brown, with 
reddish or greyish edges to the feathers, the two outer with 
a white wedge-shaped spot at the end of the inner web, and 
having the whole of the outer one of that colour; upper tail 
coverts, dark brown, the edges of the feathers reddish brown. 
Legs and toes, brownish black, or black, probably according 
to the season; claws, black, the hind claw nearly straight, 
and longer than the toe. 
After the autumnal moult, when in the ‘transition state/ 
the male resembles the female. 
The female has the yellowish or reddish white stripe behind 
the eye duller than in the male, and it unites with a white 
line which proceeds from the corner of the bill. Head on 
the crown, and neck on the back, a mixture of reddish and 
black, the feathers edged with pale reddish brown and grey; 
on the lower part of the front and on the sides it is 
brownish grey, tinged with red in summer, and longitudinally 
streaked with blackish. Nape, chesnut brown, the feathers 
fringed with white; chin, greyish white; throat, white, or 
greyish white in summer; the white not so pure as in the 
male; bordered on the sides by a broad band. Breast, 
blackish above, the feathers edged with pale brown and grey; 
below it is whitish, with numerous grey and black spots, and 
longitudinal spots on the sides. There is a tinge of grey 
and a little red at the lower part. 
Back, reddish grey, with black spots, as the head, on the 
upper part, and on the lower, whitish, tinged with grey, and 
a little red in summer. Tail, blackish brown, the outer edge 
and part of the inner web at the end of the side feathers, 
brownish white, of which there is a small oblique mark at 
the end of the second feather; under tail coverts, whitish, 
tinged with grey and a little red. 
