. A history of British birds . and a half. Averageweight 4^ oz. Young birds of the year in autumn have the upper surfaceof the body ash-grey, each feather with two narrow half-circular bands near the end, the first of greyish-black, theultimate band buffy-white, later in the season pure white;the neck white, streaked with grey ; the breast dull white,tinged with reddish-bufi. Adult birds in winter have all the upper surface of thebody and the wing-coverts uniform ash-grey; wing-primariesas in summer; all the front of the neck, the breast, andunder surface of the body, white, slightly streaked
. A history of British birds . and a half. Averageweight 4^ oz. Young birds of the year in autumn have the upper surfaceof the body ash-grey, each feather with two narrow half-circular bands near the end, the first of greyish-black, theultimate band buffy-white, later in the season pure white;the neck white, streaked with grey ; the breast dull white,tinged with reddish-bufi. Adult birds in winter have all the upper surface of thebody and the wing-coverts uniform ash-grey; wing-primariesas in summer; all the front of the neck, the breast, andunder surface of the body, white, slightly streaked withgrey. The tarsi and feet are then greenish, owing to whichthe birds are known in Norfolk by the redundant epithet ofgreen-legged shanks. The newly-hatched bird is described by Major Feilden asfollows :— Iris black ; tip of mandibles dark brown, billdark olive ; toes black, soles of feet greenish-yellow; backof legs the same ; under part of throat satin-white ; backbeautifully mottled tortoise-shell (Ibis, 1877, p. 408).. 420LIMICOLM. scolopacidj:. SCOLOPACID^.
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