. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . wish white. The breast has more yellow andless red in its tint; the back has the spots broader, and ofa much lighter brown. The wings expand to the width oFnine inches and a trifle over. The young, in their nestling plumage, are mottled withgrev and white; but when fully Hedged in the autumn, re-semble the female; until then the bill is greyish brown; thewhite stieak is wanting, and the well-defined black band 00 WHIKCHAT. through the eye. Head, crown, neck on the back, and nape,dull yellowish brown, streaked with dark brow^n, the tips
. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . wish white. The breast has more yellow andless red in its tint; the back has the spots broader, and ofa much lighter brown. The wings expand to the width oFnine inches and a trifle over. The young, in their nestling plumage, are mottled withgrev and white; but when fully Hedged in the autumn, re-semble the female; until then the bill is greyish brown; thewhite stieak is wanting, and the well-defined black band 00 WHIKCHAT. through the eye. Head, crown, neck on the back, and nape,dull yellowish brown, streaked with dark brow^n, the tips ofmany of the feathers paler. The throat has the feathersmargined with dusky; breast on the lower part, yellowishbrown, passing into brownish white; back, dull. Lesser wingcoverts, whitish; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, brownishblack, broadly edged with brownish red. The tail, exceptingthe two middle feathers, is partially white only at the base,the rest brownish black, the feathers broadly edged withbrownish red. Legs and toes, greyish
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