On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Wes Jansen wrote:
> I saw at least six pictures from the front--none showed a SOLID black

First, pictures can never be as reliable as seeing the bird yourself. I
agree with Kathleen that the bird had a sizable black patch underneath, I
believe I mentioned that in an earlier post. However wet matted feathers
can also appear to be 'black' patches, as I've seen on some Song Sparrows.

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html