. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . encircled by a band of clear smoke-grey, from threeto four lines in width, except on the lower part of the body, VOL. II. F 62 where the red of the breast meets the pure white feathers ofthe belly : the flanks and vent are tinged with olive upper plumage, including the crown of the head andnape, tippet, back, and coverts of the wings, is olive ; thelower part of the back and upper tail-coverts are olive brown ;the tail feathers clove brown, tinged with olive brown. Theentire wings, with the exception of the lesser
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . encircled by a band of clear smoke-grey, from threeto four lines in width, except on the lower part of the body, VOL. II. F 62 where the red of the breast meets the pure white feathers ofthe belly : the flanks and vent are tinged with olive upper plumage, including the crown of the head andnape, tippet, back, and coverts of the wings, is olive ; thelower part of the back and upper tail-coverts are olive brown ;the tail feathers clove brown, tinged with olive brown. Theentire wings, with the exception of the lesser coverts alreadymentioned, are clove brown, the outer webs olive of the greater coverts have a dull orange on the tip ofthe outer web. The under coverts of the win^s are tins-ed o o with sienna yellow. The base of every feather of the bodyis dark slate-grey with a white shaft, the colours above enu-merated occupying only the tips of the feathers. The eye-lids are black ; the eyes large, dark, and egg of the Redbreast is figured
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