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externally with yellowish brown, internally with greyish 
white. Tail, brownish black, the middle feathers, which are 
shorter than the others, and make it forked, are margined 
with brownish yellow, the five side ones edged externally, 
nearly to the tip, with white, and internally more broadly 
with the same; upper tail coverts, brownish black, margined 
with brownish yellow; underneath, the tail is barred with grey 
and white; under tail coverts, whitish, their central part dusky. 
Legs and toes, yellowish brown; claws, blackish. 
Female; length, five inches and a quarter; neck in front, 
yellowish grey, tinged with red; throat, streaked on the sides 
with dusky brown; breast, yellowish grey, slightly tinged with 
red; back, streaked with dusky brown and greyish yellow, 
lighter lower down; in winter greyish or greyish white. The 
wings extend to the width of nine inches and a half; greater 
and lesser wing coverts, dull brown, edged with lighter, fading 
off downwards into whitish, and streaked on the sides with 
dusky brown; primaries, brownish black, narrowly edged on 
the outside with white. The tail, brownish black, edged 
externally with light yellowish brown; the outer with greyish 
white, the inner webs greyish white for half their length; 
upper tail coverts, dusky brown, the outer edges of the 
feathers yellowish, the inner whitish; under tail coverts, 
yellowish grey, with a blackish mark on the centre of the 
feathers. 
The young at first resemble the female. The bill is pale 
greyish brown above, and pale bluish pink beneath; breast, 
greyish yellow, streaked with brown, excepting on the middle; 
the back, yellowish grey, streaked with dusky; toes, pale 
brownish pink; claws, brown. 
Alfred Newton, Esq., of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 
thus describes one in the ‘Zoologist,’ pages 1497-1498, which 
was only just able to fly:—‘Bill, pale brown, the upper one 
the darkest; head and nape, dull white, each feather having 
a dark centre; neck in front and breast above, dull white, 
each feather tipped with dark brown; below, silvery white; 
back, dark brown, each feather margined with lighter. Greater 
and lesser wing coverts, dark brown, with buff tips, forming 
two conspicuous bars across the wing; quill feathers, greyish 
black, the inner ones with a broad buff outer edge; tail, 
greyish black, the feathers broadly edged with buff on their 
outer edges; upper tail coverts, dark brown, each feather 
margined with lighter; under tail coverts, silvery white, each 
