6. ERITHACrS. 



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and the pale chestnut tips to the greater wing-coverts are darker 

 and more distinct. Birds of the year scarcely differ from adults. 

 Young injirst plummje have pale ochraceous centres and nearlj- black 

 tips to most of the small feathers of both the upper and under parts. 

 The Robin Eedbreast breeds in most parts of Europe as far 

 north as the Arctic Circle, and in many parts of Western North 

 Africa. Where the winters are severe it migrates southwards in 

 autumn to South Europe, Xorth Africa, Palestine, and the cultivated 

 districts of Xorth-west Turkestan. It is said to be a resident, 

 though rare, in South Persia. 



a, b. Ad. St. 



c. Ad. St. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



e. Juv. sk. 

 /. ? ad. sk. 



g. Ad., h-l. Juv. 



St. 



m. Ad., «. Juv. 



Bk. 

 0. c? ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 



q. c? ad. sk. 



r. cJ ad. sk. 

 s,t. c? $ ad. sk. 



u, V. (S ad. sk. 



70. Ad. sk. 



X. (J ad. sk, 



y. Ad. sk. 



z, a'. Skeleton. 



Great Britain. 



Devonshire. 



Surrey, June 1857 (F. G.). 



Hampstead (O. S.). 



Cambridgeshire {J. Baker). 



Cambridgeshire (J. Baker). 



Belgi'-un. 



Seville, Nov. 1869. 

 Algeria. 



Sousa, Timis, Feb. 27, 1857 



(O.S.). 

 Nahr EI Kelb, Palestine. 

 Tenerifle, April and Mav, 



1871 {F. G.). 

 Madeira, June 20, 1871 



{F. G.). 

 Faval, Azores, March 1865 



(F G.). 

 S. Michael's, Azores, Apiil 



1865 (F. G.). 

 S. Michael's, Azores, 



March 1865 {F. G.). 

 England. 



Col. Montagu [P.]. 



F. Godman and O. Sal- 

 ■\-in, Esqrs. [P.]. 



F. Godmau and O. Sal- 

 vin. Esqrs. [P.]. 



F. Godmau and 0. Sal- 

 via, Esqrs. [P.]. 



Mr. J. Baker [C.]. 



Brussels Museimi [P.]. 



H. Saunders, Esq. [?•]• 

 F. Godman and O. Sal- 



viu, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. Godmau and O. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.J. 

 Canon Tristram [C.]. 

 F. Godman and O. Sal- 



vin. Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. Godman and O. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. Godman and O. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. Godman and O. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 F. Godman and 0. Sal- 



viu, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Pmxhased. 



8. Erithacus hyrcanus. 



Sylvia rubecula (Linn.), apiid Mthietr. Cat. Bais. Cauc. p. 35 (1832). 

 Ervthacus rubecula (Linn.), apud Filijjpi, Viagg. Pers. p. 347 



{18<?5). 

 Ei-vthacus hyrcanus, Blanf. Lbis, 1874, p. 79*; Blanf. Fast. Pers 



ii. p. 160, pi. XV. fig. 1 (1876) ; Bogd. B. Cauc. p. 98 (1879). 



This species is very nearly allied to E. rnheeitJa, but differs from 

 it in having the olive-brown of the upper tail-coverts replaced by 

 chestnut.' In all other respects, size, wing- formula, &c., the only 

 difference I can detect is that the bill is slightly larger in the 



* Spelt Erithacus hgrcanus. 



