. A history of British birds . ded remains of the tints of summer. A birdkilled on the 25th of October had completed its winterdress. A bird of the year in the plumage previous to its firstautumn moult, had the crown of the head, back, scapulars,and wing-coverts, black, edged with yellowish-white ; a brownstreak in front of the eye ; nape, sides of the neck, and sidesof the breast, pale grey, with wavy streaks ; forehead, throat,fore part of the neck, and all the under parts, pure white :wings and tail as in the adult. A young bird in half-down, obtained at Grinnell Landon the 8th August, 1876
. A history of British birds . ded remains of the tints of summer. A birdkilled on the 25th of October had completed its winterdress. A bird of the year in the plumage previous to its firstautumn moult, had the crown of the head, back, scapulars,and wing-coverts, black, edged with yellowish-white ; a brownstreak in front of the eye ; nape, sides of the neck, and sidesof the breast, pale grey, with wavy streaks ; forehead, throat,fore part of the neck, and all the under parts, pure white :wings and tail as in the adult. A young bird in half-down, obtained at Grinnell Landon the 8th August, 1876, had the upper parts darker, themarkings smaller, and of a warm bufi-colour, as are alsothe lower throat and sides of the neck. It is figured inMr. Dressers Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 559. Varieties of this species are rare, but Mr. C. M. Adamsonhas recorded a white one, apparently a young bird of theyear, shot at Holy Island, Northumberland, on the 28thAugust, 1879. VOL. 111. 3 I 426 ; SCOLOPACIDJ:.. « ,• Machetes pugnax (Liuiiiens*), THE RUFF. Machetes pugnnx. Machetes, Cuvier\. —Bill stniigbt, ratber slender, as long as the head, withthe tip dilated and smooth ; upper mandible laterally sulcateJ for four-fifthsof its length ; culmen rounded. Nostrils basal, lateral, linear, placed in thecommencement of the groove. Wings long and pointed, the first quill-featherthe longest. Legs moderate, the tibia naked for a considerable space above the * Trinya Pucjnax, Linnieus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 247 (1766).1 Rcgnc Animal, i. p. 400 (1817). RUFF. 427 tarsal joint. Toes, three before and one behind ; the outer toe united to themiddle one by a small web ; hind toe short, barely touching the ground. Duringthe breeding-season the head and neck of the male are adorned with long plumes,which, when raised, form a large ruff around the head, and the face is coveredwith small fleshy warts or papillte. The Euff diflfers in so many points from the speciesinclud
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