. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 226 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS black below eye; throat white, the white running a spur up side of head and another across side of upper neck; upper body rich greenish-brown, bronze-green and purple; closed wings show velvety black, purple and white, with a purplish, steel-blue speculum succeeded by a white bar; exposed inner webs of primaries steel-blue; outer webs silvery-gray toward tips; tail long and dark with bronzy green reflections; upper breast rich reddish-chestnut, with small white markings, a white bar or crescent edge
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 226 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS black below eye; throat white, the white running a spur up side of head and another across side of upper neck; upper body rich greenish-brown, bronze-green and purple; closed wings show velvety black, purple and white, with a purplish, steel-blue speculum succeeded by a white bar; exposed inner webs of primaries steel-blue; outer webs silvery-gray toward tips; tail long and dark with bronzy green reflections; upper breast rich reddish-chestnut, with small white markings, a white bar or crescent edged with black before bend of wing; flanks light buffy-brown, finely cross-lined, and bordered above and behind by black and white; rest of under plumage white, except under tail-coverts, which are dusky; bill pinkish-white, red and black with a yellow basal line; iris and eyelids red; feet orange. Adult male in eclipse plumage: Similar to female in summer plumage but like juvenal male has white side markings on head similar to those of male in nuptial plumage; wing much brighter than in female. Adult female: Less crest; head grayish; chin, throat, line about base of bill, ring around eye and patch behind it white; rest of upper plumage brownish, dark or grayish-brown with greenish-bronzy re- flections on upper tail-coverts and tail; wings somewhat as in male; neck, upper breast and flanks streaked and mottled with gray or brown and buff, breast spotted with whitish, flanks with white; belly white, with here and there a dusky spot; bill dusky or "dark lead color" with large white spot on each side; legs and feet yellowish- brown. Young in juvenal plumage: Similar to female but much mottled on belly. Downy young: Colors variable; above dark brown, darker on top of head and tail; bar on back edge of each wing and spot on each side of rump whitish or pale yellowish; side of head generally yellowish-buff, often varied with cream or yellow; a wide blackish-brown stripe from
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