. A practical handbook of British birds . edsandy ; back and rump pale brown, sides of rump white ; uppertail-coverts pale brown fringed tawny, outer ones white ; lores andband below eye black intermixed dusky-brown, feathers faintlyedged white; eye-stripe white washed tawny towards nape ; ear-coverts black-brown or dusky-brown ; whole under-parts whiteexcept for two patches of black (feathers narrowly edged white)more or less intermixed with ash-brown at sides of upper-breast ;tail-feathers pale brown, central pair sepia, three outer pairs white ;primaries pale sepia with white shafts which f
. A practical handbook of British birds . edsandy ; back and rump pale brown, sides of rump white ; uppertail-coverts pale brown fringed tawny, outer ones white ; lores andband below eye black intermixed dusky-brown, feathers faintlyedged white; eye-stripe white washed tawny towards nape ; ear-coverts black-brown or dusky-brown ; whole under-parts whiteexcept for two patches of black (feathers narrowly edged white)more or less intermixed with ash-brown at sides of upper-breast ;tail-feathers pale brown, central pair sepia, three outer pairs white ;primaries pale sepia with white shafts which from 3rd inwards arebrown proximally, inner primaries with outer webs largely white ;secondaries pale brown with white tips, inner webs paler, innersecondaries pale smoke-brown with white on margins of both webs,innermost pale ash-brown ; primary-coverts sepia, inner onestipped white ; greater coverts pale brown tipped white ; medianand lesser coverts ash-brown, narrowly edged sandy. This plumage 526 A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH Tail of the Kentish Plover (Charadriusa. alexandrinus). is acquired by complete moult July to Nov. Summer.—The body-feathers (not all scapulars), occasionally tail-feathers, some inner-most secondaries and coverts,some median and lesser coverts,but not rest of wings are moultedMarch to May. Coloration as inwinter but crown and nape orange -cinnamon, feathers of crown ash-brown towards base ; mantle,scapulars and innermost second-aries ash-brown with faint tawnyedges and slightly tinged tawny;lores, ear-coverts and band beloweye black intermixed with a fewwhite feathers below eye; patch atsides of breast black. —Inlate summer abrasion of orangecinnamon-tips makes crown moreor less female. Winter.—As male but lacks black on crownwhich is ash-brown, feathers narrowly edged tawny or sandy ;white on fore-head usually less extensive ; lores, band below eyeand ear-coverts pale ash-brown ; patch on sides of breast ash-brown,f
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