. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. (4) A first year female (extreme left in plates), wild shot, 6th December 1968, Chesil Beach, Dorset. It is in normal plumage except for partial albinism of the head and Plate 2. Colour varieties of Eurasian Wigeon (underside); same sequence of specimens as in Plate 1. The six abnormal examples known to Sage {fit. supra) can be added to the foregoing four: (5) Sex and age indet., January 1861, Wareham, Dorset, a pure white bird, shot. (6) Sex and age indet., January/February 1880, Carham, River Tweed, Northumberland, a pure white bird, see
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. (4) A first year female (extreme left in plates), wild shot, 6th December 1968, Chesil Beach, Dorset. It is in normal plumage except for partial albinism of the head and Plate 2. Colour varieties of Eurasian Wigeon (underside); same sequence of specimens as in Plate 1. The six abnormal examples known to Sage {fit. supra) can be added to the foregoing four: (5) Sex and age indet., January 1861, Wareham, Dorset, a pure white bird, shot. (6) Sex and age indet., January/February 1880, Carham, River Tweed, Northumberland, a pure white bird, seen. (7) Female, age indet., January 1912, off coast of Holland, a buff coloured bird, shot by H. L. Popham. (8) Sex and age indet., 21st January 1924, West Mersea, Essex, a light coloured bird, shot by J. B. Nichols. (9) Female, age indet., 23rd January 1950, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, pale whitish buff above, pure white below and on the speculum; seen in wild by Prof. M. F. M. Meiklejohn, likewise the next. (10) Female, age indet., 20th October and 8th December 1950, same locality as (9), head and neck normal, but upperparts pale whitish buff, with whitish tips to secondaries ( speculum partially white). 156. 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 British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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