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■wiug-coverts vaiy from vinous brown in young birds to slaty browii 

 in old birds. In tbe immaturo female the bill is brown, but becomes 

 yellow in old birds. Males of the year resemble adults, but have 

 the bill black. Females of the year are more or less suffused with 

 vinous red, especially on the throat and breast. 



The ijoung in first ^ilamar/e have most of the feathers of the upper 

 and under parts with pale shaft-streaks — on the upper parts with 

 obscure dark tips, and on the underparts with conspicuous dark 

 terminal bars ; on the lower back, rump, and belly most of the 

 feathers have simply pale edges. In the male the prevailing colours are 

 brown and pale grey, in the female reddish brown and pale chestnut. 



The Ulackbird, or Black Ouzel, breeds throughout Europe south 

 of the Arctic Circle, in Korth Africa, the Azores, and eastwards 

 into Persia and Turkestan. At the extreme north of its range it is a 

 summer visitor only ; but otherwise it is a resident bird, subject to 

 internal migration only from the hills to the plains in winter. Ex- 

 amples from Turkestan measure 5-46 inches in length of wing, and 

 may prove to be a distinct species. 



a. c? ad. sk. 



b. cJ ad. sk. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. c? ad. sk. 



e. Juv. sk. 



/, (/. cJ ad. sk. 



/(. (S ad. sk. 



i. c? ad. st. 

 k. (S ad. St. 

 I. (5 nd. St, 

 m. Imm. st. 



n. c? ad. st. 



o. ^ ad. st. 



2>. c? ad. st. 



q. c? ad. st. 

 r. Juv. st. 

 s. Ad. st. 



t. Ad. St. 

 «. 2 ad. St. 

 I'. 2 ad. St. 

 w, X, y. Juv. st. 

 z. Juv. St. 

 a', h' , c'. (^ ad. 



d'. J ad. sk. 



Flores, Azores, May 1865 



(F. D. G.). 

 Fayal, Azores, Feb. 1865 



(F. D. G.). 

 Faval, Azores, Jime 1865 



[F.D. G.). 

 St. Michaels, Azores, 



March 1865 (i^.D. G.). 

 St. Michaels, Azores, July 



1865 {F. D. G.). 

 Oralava, Tenerifi'e, April 



1871 {F. D. G.). 

 Madeira, June 27, 1871 {F. 



D. G.). 

 Devonshire. 

 Berkshire. 

 England. 

 Epping. 



Berkshire. (Partial albino.) 

 Devonshire. (Partial 



albino.) 

 Devonshire. (Partial 



albino.) 

 England. (Partial albino.) 

 England. (Partial albino.) 

 Yorkshii'e. (Semi-albino.) 



Britain. (Partial albino.) 



"Wiltshire. 



Cambridgeshire. 



Cambridgeshire. 



SuiTey. 



Avington, Hants, Nov. 1873. 



Avington, Hants. 



F. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [PJ. 

 F. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. Godman and O, 



Salvin, Esqrs. [PJ. 

 F. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.l. 

 F. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Col. Montagu [C.l. 

 Mr.W.Briggs[P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 II. Doubleday, Esq, 



J. Mills, Esq. [P.]. 

 Col. Montagu [C.]. 



W. Comyns, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Mr. R. Leadbeater 



[P.]. 

 Linuean Societv [P.]. 

 Col. Montagu fC.]. 

 Mr. J. Baker [P.]. 

 Ml-. J. Baker [P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Capt. Shelley [P.]. 



