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As I was walking this morning around the Elementary School grounds, I = noticed a dead bird at the base of an outside wall. I picked up the = bird and was going to dispose of it in a nearby woods. However, when I = picked it up, I noticed it was quite a beautiful bird and one I had not = seen before. I took it home with me and checked for identification in = my birding atlas. I still could not find a definative match. I am = hoping someone may be able to assist in the identificatin of this bird. The bird is approximately 5 inches in length with a conical bill. There = is a bit of black above its bill with its head being a mottled light = brown and white. Underneath its bill is a small patch of white that = circles completely around its head. Beneath the white is a thin ring of = brown that circles around its front to its back. It's entire back is a = mottled light brown and black. Its inner wings are a mottled light = brown and black. The center of its wings are pure white. Its outer = wings follow a black, white, black, white pattern with the ends big = black with a very narrow white band at the tips. The tail is notched = and esssentially black with the same narrow white band at its tip. It's = breast is white with black underneath. I'm thinking it may be a = juvenile who had not fully devloloped yet. Nevertheless, it is a very = pretty bird. =20 I would appreciate any help with identification. ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C705D4.93424D30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As I was walking this morning around = the Elementary=20 School grounds, I noticed a dead bird at the base of an outside = wall. I=20 picked up the bird and was going to dispose of it in a nearby = woods. =20 However, when I picked it up, I noticed it was quite a beautiful bird = and one I=20 had not seen before. I took it home with me and checked for = identification=20 in my birding atlas. I still could not find a definative = match. I am=20 hoping someone may be able to assist in the identificatin of this=20 bird.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The bird is approximately 5 inches in = length with a=20 conical bill. There is a bit of black above its bill with its head = being a=20 mottled light brown and white. Underneath its bill is a small = patch=20 of white that circles completely around its head. Beneath the = white is a=20 thin ring of brown that circles around its front to its back. It's = entire=20 back is a mottled light brown and black. Its inner wings are a = mottled=20 light brown and black. The center of its wings are pure = white. Its=20 outer wings follow a black, white, black, white pattern with the ends = big black=20 with a very narrow white band at the tips. The tail is notched and = esssentially black with the same narrow white band at its tip. = It's breast=20 is white with black underneath. I'm thinking it may be a juvenile = who had=20 not fully devloloped yet. Nevertheless, it is a very pretty = bird. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would appreciate any help with=20 identification.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C705D4.93424D30--