. A history of British birds. Birds. 68 BRITISH BIRDS. black, the cheeks are whitCj shading into pale grey on the ear-coverts, and the rest of the underparts are white, shading into grey on the flanks. Bill lead-blue in summer, black in winter; legs, feet, and claws brown; irides dark brown. The female differs considerably from the male, and has the whole of the upper parts dull brown, the back streaked with darker brown; the eye-stripe is pale buff, the white wing-bar is not so pure, and the underparts are darker and browner. Young birds resemble the female, but are lighter in colour. After t
. A history of British birds. Birds. 68 BRITISH BIRDS. black, the cheeks are whitCj shading into pale grey on the ear-coverts, and the rest of the underparts are white, shading into grey on the flanks. Bill lead-blue in summer, black in winter; legs, feet, and claws brown; irides dark brown. The female differs considerably from the male, and has the whole of the upper parts dull brown, the back streaked with darker brown; the eye-stripe is pale buff, the white wing-bar is not so pure, and the underparts are darker and browner. Young birds resemble the female, but are lighter in colour. After the first moult the young males resemble the old birds of that sex; but it appears not to be until the second year that they assume the richness of colour which stamps the fully adult bird. After the autumn moult the adult male has pale edges to the feathers of the head and throat, but these pale edges are cast in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, Pub. for the author by R. H. Porter [etc. ]
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