470 PLECTROPHANES LAPPONICA. 



the feathers edged with brownish-red ; those along the base of 

 the bill black ; the cheeks reddish, spotted with black ; the 

 throat, fore part of the neck, and a portion of the breast black, the 

 feathers edged with greyish- white. A reddish- white band passes 

 from the eye down the side of the neck ; the hind part of the 

 neck is reddish-brown mixed with greyish ; the back and 

 scapulars brownish-red with black spots. The quills and 

 coverts are blackish-brown, edged with reddish; the tips of 

 the secondary coverts, and first row of small coverts, w^hite, 

 there being thus two bands of that colour across the wing. 

 The tail is brownish-black, the feathers edged with reddish, 

 the two outer with a wedge-shaped white spot at the end. 



Length to end of tail 61% ; wing from flexure S\^ ; tail 

 2j% ; bill along the ridge j% ; hind toe j%, its claw 5i twelfths ; 

 third toe 7i twelfths, its claw 3i twelfths. 



Female. — " The female has the top of the head, the neck, 

 the back, and the scapulars of a reddish-grey, with black spots ; 

 a band of reddish-white follows the same direction as in the 

 male, and unites with a white line, which proceeds from the 

 angle of the bill ; throat white, bordered on the sides by a 

 brown band ; the breast marked with numerous grey and black 

 spots ; the rest of the lower parts white, with longitudinal 

 spots on the sides." — Temminck. 



Male in Summer. — " All the black of the plumage velvet 

 black ; the whole head, the face, the region of the ears, the 

 fore part of the neck, and the breast, are of that colour ; the 

 red crescent on the hind-neck of a pure and very bright tint ; 

 and all the colours of the plumage abruptly defined, and pure ; 

 the bill is of a fine yellow, w4th the point brown."' — Tem- 

 minck. 



Female in Summer. — The upper parts are dusky, dark- 

 est on the back, the edges of the feathers reddish ; the feath- 

 ers of the hind-neck edged with red ; the ear-coverts deep 

 brown ; space about the eyes, especially above, yellowish-red, 

 a streak of that colour proceeding backwards and joining the 



