118 SABINE S GL'LL.
arc black tipped with dull white, but in the fourth, fifth, and sixth,
assimilate to the feather at that part, which is white; the whole of
the outer webs of the first five black, the inner webs with a broad
edging of dull white to within from one to two inches of the end;
in the sixth the inner web is dull white, the outer black, excepting
for about a quarter of an inch from the tip, where it is white, and
again at about an inch from the end, where a white oval-shaped spot
appears; (the above description is compiled from Mr. Thompson's, of
Belfast.) Secondaries, broadly tipped with white; tertiaries, grey;
greater and lesser under wing coverts, white. The tail, less forked
than in the full-grown bird, is dull white, the tip black; upper and
under tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, black; webs, black.
