neck, and on each side as far as the eyebrows, is 
black ; but the upper part of the head, as well as 
the whole body, is white, with a very slight cast of 
yellow on the breast; the covered parts or bases of 
all the feathers being brown : the whole wings, both 
above and beneath, are black, the edges of the tips 
ot the secondary feathers whitish : the wings, when 
closed, reach beyond the middle of the tail, which 
is entire, and about two inches and six lines in 
length: the twelve tail-feathers are white: with 
black tips, that colour increasing gradually on the 
interior feathers; but even in the two middle fea¬ 
thers not reaching half way up the tail: the thighs 
are feathered as far as the knees, and annulated with 
brown and whitish : the legs are ten lines long, 
smooth, and black, as are likewise the toes, of which 
the middlemost is rather longer than the vest; the 
claws are curved, black, and of equal length. In 
the female all the parts which are black in the male 
are brown, and all the white parts are of a dull ash- 
colour. It is an inhabitant of Georgia during the 
summer, frequenting the shrubby banks of rivers. 
