white, with a band, of black near the tip; upper tail coverts, white.
Legs and toes, bright carmine red.
The female is a little smaller than, the male, length, one foot two
inches.
The young bird, in the first year has the bill brownish, pale at the
base underneath; head, crown, neck on the back, and nape, greyish
brown, with paler tips to the feathers; throat and breast on the upper
part, white, faintly tinged with buff. Tcrtiarics, blackish brown, the
tips paler. Legs and toes, pale yellowish brown.
