130 BTJEONID-E. 



broadly barred and margined with brown ; wing-coverts dark sepia, 

 externally margined with white, and showing large oval spots of the 

 same on the median and greater series ; quills rather ashy brown, 

 with indications of lighter brown bars, on the external margin of 

 which occurs a large white spot of irregular shape, the primaries 

 terminally margined with white, a little broader on the secondaries ; 

 upper tail-coverts broadly barred with brown and white ; tail ashy 

 brown, crossed with nine narrow bars of dull white, all the feathers 

 being broadly tipped with the same, the white cross bars purer in 

 colour on the centre feathers, but obscured with brown towards the 

 outermost ones, all the bars on the inner webs much broader and 

 piirer white ; an indistinct eyebrow and sides of face white, the 

 lores obscured by blackish bristles, the ear-coverts tipped with black, 

 merging in a crescentic black line running down behind the ear- 

 coverts ; throat whitish, the chin obscured by black bristles like the 

 lores ; the chest white, excepting a few smaU specks of brown, and 

 separated from the throat by a band of dusky brown feathers ; rest 

 of under surface of body white, narrowly banded with brown, the 

 bars disappearing on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, becoming 

 broader again towards the tips of the latter ; leg-feathers yellowish 

 white, with a few markings of dusky brown ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, thickly barred across with brown, the greater 

 series with broad tips of brown, and thus resembhng the inner lining 

 of the wings, which are brown, with large oval notches of white on 

 the inner web ; bill light yellow ; claws blackish brown, soles of feet 

 yellow ; iris bright yellow. Total length 14 inches, wing 9-7, tail 

 7"5, tarsus (about) 1. 



Youncj female. Similar to the adults, but having the feathers of 

 the head more fluffy, pale brown in colour, narrowly tipped with a 

 whitish apical bar ; on the back of the wing a few basal markings 

 of white are apparent on disarranging the feathers ; in other respects 

 the upper plumage is very similar to that of the adult, but is more 

 dingy, and none of the white spots on the scapulars or wings are so 

 large or distinct ; the bars on the centre tail-feathers are whitish 

 brown, and not pure white ; the throat and sides of face are huffy 

 white ; there is no distinct white pectoral band, and the bars on the 

 breast are more tinged with brown, while the tarsi are not so thickly 

 feathered. Total length 13-2 inches, wing 9-2, tail 7. {Sharpe ^• 

 Dresser, B. of Eur. 1. c.) 



Hah. The whole of Xorthern Europe, across Siberia to Karatschatka, 

 ranging into Central Europe accidentally or in winter. 



rt. c? ad. sk. Sodermanland, Sweden, Purchased. 

 Oct. 27, 1870. 



b. (S ad. St. North Bothnia. Prof. Wahlherg [C.l. 



c. 2 ad. St. North Bothnia. Prof. Wahlberg [C.l. 



d. Ad. St. Archangel. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Juv. St. Archangel. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Ai-changel. R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.l. 

 //. Ad. sk. Soutbern Ural (Strader'). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 h,i. Ad. st. Siberia, Nov. 1841. Moscow Museum [P.]. 

 k. c? ad. sk. Lake Baikal, Oct. 31, 1871. Dr. Dybowski [Cl. 



!. 2 ad. sk. Kultuk, Oct. 4, 1870. Dr. Dybowski [C.J. 



