black, tinged with purplej chin and throat, white, which colour extends
upwards and backward--, somewhat alter the fashion of a cravat, whence
one of the name-; of the bird. It reaches nearly to the other side
of the top of the neck; breast above, pale greyish brown; below
white; on the side-- pale brown, the edges of the feathers still paler;
back above, brown; below, dusky black.
Greater and lesser wing coverts, brown, the edges paler; primaries,
dusky black: secondaries, brown, with lighter coloured edges; tertiaries,
also brown, the edges of a lighter colour. Tail, dusky black;
upper tail coverts, white; under tail coverts, white; legs, toes, and
w e b s , dark lead-colour or bluish black.
These birds begin to moult in July.
The females are somewhat less in size than the males.
