. A history of British birds . hesemargins being broadest on the tertials, the lower part of theback, and the upper tail-coverts; great wing-coverts nearlyuniform umber-brown ; wing-primaries blackish-brown, theshafts of these feathers and a considerable portion of theinner webs white; tail-feathers umber-brown, the twomiddle tail-feathers in this young bird not more than half aninch longer than the next feather on each side; chin, throat,breast, belly, and vent mottled with buff-coloured brown,produced by narrow alternate transverse lines of clove-brown,and wood-brown ; under tail-coverts bro
. A history of British birds . hesemargins being broadest on the tertials, the lower part of theback, and the upper tail-coverts; great wing-coverts nearlyuniform umber-brown ; wing-primaries blackish-brown, theshafts of these feathers and a considerable portion of theinner webs white; tail-feathers umber-brown, the twomiddle tail-feathers in this young bird not more than half aninch longer than the next feather on each side; chin, throat,breast, belly, and vent mottled with buff-coloured brown,produced by narrow alternate transverse lines of clove-brown,and wood-brown ; under tail-coverts broadly barred across POMATORHINE SKUA. 673 with umber-brown and wood-brown; legs and base of thetoes yellow, anterior part of the toes and their interveningmembranes black. The transition in the colour of the legsand feet is very irregular, and Mr. Gatcombe informs theEditor that he had a specimen in which one leg was slate-blue below the tarsal joint, whilst the other was average weight of this Skua is 1 lb. 6 to VOL. III. 4 R 674 GA LARIDiE. LARlDJi.
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