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Edwards, on the authority of a dealer in birds, was the 

 first who described this bird as American; but no subse- 

 quent author mentions having seen specimens from this con- 

 tinent. There is, however, an individual from the fur coun- 

 tries in the British Museum, presented by the Hudson's Bay 

 Company, which, according to Richardson, differs from an 

 European example solely in having the bill and tarsus rather 

 shorter. This species is common in the southern parts of 

 Europe. In Asia it is seen around Aleppo, and is frequent 

 in the Tartarian deserts which border the Don and the 

 Volga. 



In this specimen from Hudson's Bay, the upper plumage is liver- 

 brown, with pale margins. The throat, belly, inner borders of the 

 tertiaries, exterior tail feathers, and the ends of the adjoining pair, 

 white ; the other tail feathers, except the middle pair, slightly tipped 

 with the same. Flanks and breast pale brown, the latter spotted 

 with umber. A dark brown collar on the anterior base of the neck, 

 and two umber-brown marks on the sides of the same, separated by 

 white. Bill greyish, tipped with brown ; strong, somewhat com- 

 pressed, and very slightly curved. The hind claw is long and straight. 

 — Length 7^ inches ; the tail 3 inches ; the bill above, 9 lines ; tarsus 

 1 inch 2 lines. 



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