f)04 TlJIKLIIUyE. 



1872, p. 434, 1874, p. 335; Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 35, pi. 100 



(1875); Severtz. Turkcst. Jevotn. p. (30 (1873J ; Hume, Str. F. 



1874, p. 458; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 144 (1876); 



Prji'V. in l)mcson Roicley^s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 186 (1877) ; David 



i)- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 180 (1877) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 10 ; 



GiylioU, Ibis, 1881, p. 186. 

 Spermolegus moutanellus, Kavp, Natibi. Si/sf. p. 152 (1829). 

 Accentor tenimiucki, Brandt, Bull. Acad. iV. 8ci. St. Pctersb. ii. p. 39 



(1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 300 (1850); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 230, 



no. 3323 (1809). 

 Prunella montanella, Bp. Cat. Coll. Parzud. p. 7 (1856) ; Degl. ^ 



Gerbe, Orn. Fur. i. p. 170 (1867). 



Male. General aspect of upper surface streaked ; the back rufous, 

 with paler margins to the mantle-feathers, all of which are mesially 

 broadly streaked with blackish brown ; lower back and rump uni- 

 form brown, rather more ashy on the upper tail-coverts ; wing- 

 coverts brown, the median and greater series duskj', externally 

 reddish brown, with more or less distinct tips of ashy white ; 

 bastard-wing feathers dusky brown, edged with ashy whitish : pri- 

 mary-coverts dusky brown, externally margined with ashy ; quills 

 brown, externally edged with reddish brown, paler towards the ends 

 of the feathers, the secondaries narrowly fringed with whitish at 

 the tips ; the primaries margined along the outer web with whity 

 brown ; tail-feathers light brown, edged with ashy, and fringed 

 along the edge of the inner web with the latter colour ; crown of 

 head dark ashy brown, with a blackish line skirting the sides of the 

 crown, succeeded by a broad eyebrow of creamy buff or light 

 ochraceous ; lores, feathers round and below the eye, and ear- 

 coverts black ; sides of neck ashy grey ; cheeks, throat, and breast 

 ochraceous buff ; the abdomen creamy white ; sides of the breast 

 chestuut-brown, the flanks also streaked with reddish brown ; thighs 

 ashy ; under tail-coverts creamy white ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries pale cream-colour with ashj- bases ; quills ashy brown 

 below, hoary whitish along the edge of the inner web. Total 

 length 6 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-75, tail 2-.5, tarsus 0'7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the colours a little 

 duller, especially on the head, which is somewhat browner. Total 

 length b•'■^ inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-8, tail 2-5, tarsus O'T. 



The summer plumage is very much paler than that of autumn. 

 In the latter the crown is much darker brown, the eyebrow and 

 the throat are rich ochraceous, and the sides of the neck clear 

 bluish grey, extending down towards the breast so as to form a 

 sort of half- collar. The chestnut centres to the feathers on the sides 

 of the breast are very strongly pronounced, so that this jiart appears 

 mottled, and the stripes on the flanks are much more distinct. 

 Breeding-birds obtained by Mr. Seebohm in the valley of the 

 Yeuesei have the plumage much worn and faded, the eyebrow and 

 underparts being almost whitish. 



Hab. Siberia, from Amoor Land to the valley of the Yeuesei : 

 occasional in Europe. 



