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the other leg, not backwards as in most other birds. 5 The 
three front toes are connected at their base by a short membrane. 
The female closely resembles the male, but the colours are 
not so distinct or bright, and the white on the head and 
neck is less pure. 
‘In young birds of the year the whole of the plumage of * 
the upper surface of the body, and round the throat in front, 
is dull brownish black; the feathers of the body edged with 
yellowish white; those of the wing coverts and tertials edged 
with reddish buff colour; the chin, breast, and under tail 
coverts, white; the legs and toes, pale orange. 5 
