. The birds of Europe . Kamtschatka by our navigators on their return fromexploring the boreal regions. It occurs but rarely in the temperate latitudes, hence both the coasts of America and Europe are only oc-casionally visited by it; the northern shores of Russia, Lapland, &c. being among the only places in ourquarter of the globe where it may be looked for with certainty. The sexes do not appear to differ in the colouring of their plumage, which may be thus described: Crown of the head and occiput light brownish grey tinged with lilac ; collar surrounding the neck, all theupper surface, wing
. The birds of Europe . Kamtschatka by our navigators on their return fromexploring the boreal regions. It occurs but rarely in the temperate latitudes, hence both the coasts of America and Europe are only oc-casionally visited by it; the northern shores of Russia, Lapland, &c. being among the only places in ourquarter of the globe where it may be looked for with certainty. The sexes do not appear to differ in the colouring of their plumage, which may be thus described: Crown of the head and occiput light brownish grey tinged with lilac ; collar surrounding the neck, all theupper surface, wings, and tail brownish black tinged with blue; primaries blackish brown very slightly marginedwith paler brown ; sides of the face and all the under surface white ; bill bright orange red ; corrugated skinat the angle of the mouth gamboge yellow ; irides orange red ; irides and horny appendages grey ; legs andfeet orange with the webs paler and the claws yellowish brown. We have figured an adult of the natural size. o.
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