. A history of British birds . t near the end, increasing in size towardthe feather on each outside, in which the spot is the chin white; the front of the neck, the breast, andunder surface of the body, buffy-white, palest on the ventand under tail-coverts; legs and toes cream colour; theclaws brown. The whole length is ten inches and one-quarter. Fromthe carpal joint to the end of the wing, six inches : theform of the wing pointed, the first and second quill-feathersbeing nearly of equal length, and the longest in the wing ;length of tarsus two inches. The sexes in plumage resembl
. A history of British birds . t near the end, increasing in size towardthe feather on each outside, in which the spot is the chin white; the front of the neck, the breast, andunder surface of the body, buffy-white, palest on the ventand under tail-coverts; legs and toes cream colour; theclaws brown. The whole length is ten inches and one-quarter. Fromthe carpal joint to the end of the wing, six inches : theform of the wing pointed, the first and second quill-feathersbeing nearly of equal length, and the longest in the wing ;length of tarsus two inches. The sexes in plumage resemble each other; but, as usualin such cases, the young birds of the year differ. Thesehave the feathers clouded with two shades of pale brown,with dark, irregular transverse lines of dusky ash-colour, asshewn in the representation ; the lines round the back ofthe head as yet not very conspicuous; the dark feathers ofthe wing edged on the inner web with buff colour. At theend of the second year they assume the plumage of 246 LI MI CO LM. CHARADRIID^. CHARABRIIBm.
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