By the following January these young Stilts have acquired a black and white plumage; but the irides remain dark, and the legs a pale pink.
The upper plumage of the young at that date is mottled brown, irides brown.
The irides of the oldest individuals are very pale lemon-yellow: the bare skin between the bill and the eye is also yellow, and the whole plumage beautifully suffused with warm pink.
This bird proved to be one of the remarkably handsome pale varieties of Buteo vulgaris, the whole plumage of a warm cream-colour, slightly mottled and splashed above with dark brown; irides dark and claws white.
The feet and cere of this species are pale lemon-yellow; the irides golden, finely reticulated with hazel.
Usually there is a bright glittering sheen in them which contrasts with the dead look in the irides of sexual excess or profuse uterine discharges.
Light iron grey with a yellowish tint, some more rufous, the hairs being ringed with brown and grey or yellowish-white; muzzle and feet brown; irides light brown.
Irides dark brown; bill black; tarsi and toes blackish brown, the soles of the feet dull yellow.
Podica, sexual difference in the colour of the irides of, ii.
See, for instance, on the irides of a Podica and Gallicrex in 'Ibis,' vol.
Gallicrex, sexual difference in the colour of the irides in, ii.
Gallicrex, sexual difference in the colour of the irides in.
So lovely were those eyes, that had their irides been blue instead of brown, I might have fancied they were Lilian's!
The circle of the eyes, the naked membrane of the beak, and the feet, are flesh-coloured; the irides are orange.
Tail rounded: legs pale: irides hazel: bill rather small and black, compressed the whole length, and having weak bristles at its base.
Their irides are yellow, with a small pupil, whereas in the male the eye is hazel and the pupil large.
Their claws, their teeth, half uncovered, and even the bright irides of their shining eyes were seen distinctly.
The iridesof the eyes of this bird were of a beautiful bright yellow colour.
Both pupils and irides were black, and glistened like the eyes of a weasel.
The prevailing colour of the plumage is grey, the irides are deep green, the beak black, slender, and curved.
The upper parts of the wings are light grey; beak and legs carmine, also the irides and their borders; the toes are joined together by a web.
The ventral fins are, like those of the perch, of a bright crimson, and the irides of the eye sparkle like rubies and garnets.
The bill is crooked and bluish; the irides of the eye dusky; and the whole plumage of a whitish hue, marked with dark lines on the breast, and dusky spots on the back.
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