| Both sexes have extensive gray stippling on long scapulars and upper wing coverts. |
| Landowners who did not hunt were still expected to plant and maintain gorse coverts. |
| Their back and wing coverts are heavily barred with black, as are their rust-brown tails which terminate with a narrow white band. |
| I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts. |
| Mounted hunters and foot followers, accompanied by novice hounds and men wielding whips and spades, surround fox coverts at dawn. |
| The bird was black above with a white eyebrow and limited white on the wing coverts. |
