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brown, forming a broad streak ; under surface of body light reddish 

 brown, whiter on the throat, and whity brown on the chest ; sides 

 of body more decidedly rufous, barred with dasky blackish, as also 

 the abdomen, which is whity bi'own ; under tail-coverts rufous, 

 narrowdy barred with black, the featliers tipped with white ; under 

 wing-coverts dull white, the axillaries slightly washed with rufous ; 

 (juills ashy brown below, whitish along the edge of the inner web, 

 and chcciuercd with rufous notches on the outer ; " bill horn-brown, 

 lighter at base of lower mandible ; legs light brown ; iris brown " 

 (Bresser). Total length 4 inches, culmeu 0-55, wing 1-8, tail l-2o, 

 tarsus 0-7. 



The sexes do not differ in coloration, and measure as follows : — 



«. c? . Cambridgeshire (Baker) 

 h. $ . Cambridgeshire (Baker) 



Vounr/. Reproduces the colours of the adults, but has the wings 

 and tail less distinctly banded : underneath, the breast is a little 

 more rufescent, the feathers also obscurely mottled with brown 

 edgings ; abdomen also rufescent, and with scarcely any dusky 

 bars. 



The Common AVren occurs all over Europe as high as 65° N. hit. 

 in Scandinavia and Northern llussia, but becomes rarer on the 

 Ural, and occurs more frequently in the Volga district in winter. 

 It is also found in North Africa, occurring in all the countries 

 bordering the Mediterranean, but apparently not reaching Egj-pt, 

 Northern Palestine seeming to be its furthest southeni limit in 

 this direction. It has been said to occur in Madeira and the 

 Canaries ; but this requires confirmation, recent observers not having 

 met with the species. Westwards it ranges through Asia Minor 

 to Persia, where it has been obtained on the shores of the Caspian 

 and near Shiraz. Mr. Dresser considers the pale race from Central 

 Asia to be the same as the European bird, but, in my opinion, 

 it is always distinguishable, 



a. Var. st. luigland. 



i. Ad. sk. Devonsliire. Col. Montagu [P.! 



c. Ad. St. Devonshire. Col. Montagu [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Avington, Hants, Nov. 11, li. B. Sharpe, Esq. TIM. 



1S7:5. . r 1 L J 



e. Ad. St. Coolcham, Berkshire. Mr. AV. Briggs [P.]. 



f. I'ull. sk. Cookham, Berkshire, June Gould Collection. 



18(i2. 



f/. Ad. sk. Ilampstead. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



/(, I. Ad.; k, I. Cambridgeshire. Mr. J. Baker rCl. 

 Pull. St. ^ -' 



w,«.d$ ad.sk. Cambiidgeshire, .Ian. 18G6 F. Godman and O. Sal- 



(/. Baker). vin, l':sqrs. [P.]. 



o. Ad. sk. France. R. li, Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



p. Ad. St. France. K. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.J. 



