180 CINEREOUS SHEAR \VATER.
the edges paler. Tail, blackish brown; legs, deep greyish brown on
the outer part, paler on the inner, and of a yellowish hue; toes,
yellowish brown; webs, yellowish brown.
Young; length, one foot five inches; bill, at the tip, dark brown;
iris, dark brown; head, crown, and neck on the back, dark brown,
the feathers rather darker on the margins than in the centre; chin,
throat, and breast, greyish brown, the feathers much darker on the
margins than in the centre; back, dark brown. The wings have the
first quill feather the longest; greater and lesser wing coverts, brown;
primaries, blackish brown; tori iaries, brown. Tail, blackish brown.
Legs, on the outer surface, dusky, inner surface, light brown; toes,
light brown.
