. A practical handbook of British birds . ge is notmoulted and here and there on upper-parts and breast a few whitewinter feathers may be retained. Crown black more or less barredrufous-buff, feathers narrowly tipped white ; back of neck broadlybarred black and white or buff ; rest of upper-parts including uppertail-coverts buffish-grey with varying amount of yellowish-buff,closely barred and vermiculated black-brown, many feathersnarrowly fringed white and some of those of mantle with uniformblack-brown basal portions not entirely concealed; lores black ; chinwhite with a few black spots or b
. A practical handbook of British birds . ge is notmoulted and here and there on upper-parts and breast a few whitewinter feathers may be retained. Crown black more or less barredrufous-buff, feathers narrowly tipped white ; back of neck broadlybarred black and white or buff ; rest of upper-parts including uppertail-coverts buffish-grey with varying amount of yellowish-buff,closely barred and vermiculated black-brown, many feathersnarrowly fringed white and some of those of mantle with uniformblack-brown basal portions not entirely concealed; lores black ; chinwhite with a few black spots or bars ; ear-coverts, sides of neck andupper-throat barred like back of neck; lower-throat and upper-breast black-brown, feathers tipped white and with varying amountof yellow-buff and sometimes white bars ; sides of breast andflanks same but closely barred and vermiculated yellowish-buff ;rest of under-parts as winter but usually some under tail-coverts Feet of adult male of the Scottish Ptarmigan (Lagopusm. millaisi). A. summer B. * Iii September one finds not infrequently both autumn and winterfeathers side by side in various stages of growth.— VOL. II. 3 K 866 A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. black-brown, tipped white and more or less vermiculated buff ;tail as winter ; wings as winter but inner median and a few inner-most greater coverts and often one innermost secondary as upper-parts ; feathering of tarsus and toes thin and worn. —The lastfeathers to grow in this moult, which is very gradual, are more:barred with yellow-buff than the earlier ones. Adult female. Autumn.—Upper-parts much like adult maleautumn but crown and neck always with considerable amount ofyellow barring and rest of upper-parts with usually more yellow-buff tinge and many feathers with small white spots or wedge-shaped marks in centre of tips (varying individually) ; under-partsalso like male autumn but feathers of breast and flanks with whitefringes or wedge-shaped marks a
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