dusky, the tail-feathers blackish, excepting the two middle ones, which
are of the same reddish-brown as the upper tail-coverts.
In summer, the male changes its aspect considerably ; the brownish-black bands on the head and neck becoming deep black, the throat and frontal band white, and the upper parts light brownish-red.
Fig. 3 represents the Male in winter ; Fig. 1 in summer.
Length 7| inches, extent of wings 14; bill /^ ; tarsus 1 inch.
Adult Female. Plate CC. Fig. 2.
The female is dusky-brown above, dull white beneath, the wings and tail as in the male ; but it wants the black bands on the head and neck.
Nestlings. Plate CC. Fig. 4, 5, 6.
The bill and feet flesh-coloured ; iris brown ; the upper parts deep brown, mottled with pale reddish-brown ; the lower parts pale yellowish-grey.
