HEDPOT/E. 
119 
partially assumed the following spring, but more so with 
age. Crown, dark brown, the feathers edged with yellowish 
red; neck in front and on the sides, streaked with dusky 
and light yellowish brown; throat, browm, the base of the 
feathers being black, and all the remainder light coloured; 
breast on the middle part and downwards, brownish w r hite: 
in the following spring it acquires some red, but not so much 
as it afterwards attains. Back, streaked with dusky brown 
and dull light yellowish red. 
The wings are crossed with two broad bands of the latter 
colour on the coverts; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, 
dusky, the feathers edged with yellowish brown. Tail, dusky, 
the feathers edged with yellowish brown; under tail coverts, 
brownish white; claws, dusky. 
The plate is from a design by the Rev. R. F. Alington. 
