. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . he adult in winter differs only in havinga greyish circle round the eye, the same colour on the tips ofthe ear coverts, and on the nape and back part of theneck. The plumage of the young after the first autumnal moulthas the head, neck, and all the under parts white, except thetail, which is tipped with black ; the grey spot before the eyeis darker, approaching to blue black, the spot on the earcoverts bluish ash and black ; on the base of the neck behindis a broad patch of black, softened at the edges with bluishash ; the back and sc
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . he adult in winter differs only in havinga greyish circle round the eye, the same colour on the tips ofthe ear coverts, and on the nape and back part of theneck. The plumage of the young after the first autumnal moulthas the head, neck, and all the under parts white, except thetail, which is tipped with black ; the grey spot before the eyeis darker, approaching to blue black, the spot on the earcoverts bluish ash and black ; on the base of the neck behindis a broad patch of black, softened at the edges with bluishash ; the back and scapulars are bluish ash of a darker tintthan in the adult. The lesser wing coverts are black, edged with grey; thegreater wing coverts grey with white tips ; the outer web ofthe tertials black, the inner paler gull grey, and edged withwhite ; the quills as in the adult; the beak, Naples yellow,Avith a dusky tip ; the gape pale red, the eye dusky brown,the eyelid grey ; the legs and feet paler than in the adult. The egg figured 305 is that of the 30 5 •
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