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apical bar of olive-dusky : " bill greyish black, the lower mandible 

 with a yellowish longitudinal band near the base ; iridea white ; 

 feet dull bluish grey, the claws light greyish brown, with a tinge 

 of blue" {Macgillivray). Total length 12-5 inches, culmcn 1-9, 

 wing 6-5, tail •!■, tarsus 1-2 ; toes (without claws) — outer antei'ior 

 0*85, outer posterior 0*8, inner anterior 0'68, inuer posterior 0--i. 



Adult female. Has the malar stripe black, but otherwise is similar 

 to the adult male. Total length 12-5 inches, culmen 1'7, wing 

 Q-2b, tail 3-9, tarsus 1-15. 



Nestlings. Have the back and wing-coverts less vivid green, with 

 dull white or yellowish spots, the rump having partially concealed 

 bars of dusky black, and the upper tail-coverts barred with dusky ; 

 the face and sides of the neck, together with the entire underparts 

 and under tail-coverts, yellowish white, the face and entire neck 

 striped with black, the breast having somewhat V-shaped markings, 

 and the remainder with transverse markings or bars of black ; the 

 feathers of the forehead, crown, and occiput tipped with scarlet ; 

 superciHum dusky black, spotted with olivaceous white. The male 

 has the malar stripe black, spotted anteriorly with olivaceous white, 

 the posterior feathers tipped with red ; the female has no red on 

 the malar stripe, this being entirely dusky black spotted with dull 

 greenish white. 



Hab. Found throughout the greater part of Europe, its northern 

 range in Norway and Sweden being about 60° lat. Also inhabits 

 Asia Minor and Persia. 



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Norfolk. 



Norfolk. 



Hethersett, Norfolk, 

 Drinkstone Park, Suffolk, 



Cambridgeshire. 



Cambridgeshire. 



Near Oxford {Mwraij A. 



Matheiv). 

 Hendon, jNIiddlese.x (0. 



Salvin). 

 Tauhurst, Surrey, Feb. 1857 



{F. DiiCane Godmmi). 

 Cookham, Berks. 

 Cookham, Berks, Nov. 30, 



1874. 

 Cookham, Berks, Dec. 1867 



{R. B.S.). 

 Devonshire. 

 Norway {Baker~). 

 Stockholm, Oct. 10, 1870. 

 Wermland, June 6, 1872. 

 Paris. 



Lord Walsingham 



[P-]- 

 Lord Walsingham 



Tweeddale CoU. 



T. Harcom-t Powell, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Mr, J. Baker [C.]. 



Tweeddale CoD. 

 Gould Coll. 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Mr. W. Briggs [C.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale CoU, 



Montagu Coll. 

 Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 W. Meves [C.]. 

 W. Meves [C.]. • 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



