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The only change apparent in the breeding-season is that the ashy- 

 brown on the upper surface gets somewhat worn off, and the yellow 

 is more conspicuous, the head becoming somewhat more uniformly 

 dusky, but never blackish as in the male. 



Young birds resemble the old female, but are browner, with less 

 yellow, so that the rump, eyebrow, and sides of face are whitish. 

 The upper surface of the body is thickly mottled with blackish 

 mesial streaks on all the feathers, and the under surface is white, 

 thickly spotted with blackish brown, the spots being triangular on 

 the throat and breast, and longitudinal on the sides of the body and 

 flanks. 



Hab. The whole of Europe and Northern Asia, across Siberia to 

 Japan. 



a. 5 inim. sk. 



b, c. <5 $ ad. sk. 

 d,e,f,g. cJad.sk. 

 h, i. S ad. ; k. 2 



ad. sk. 

 I, in, n. 5 ad. st. 

 o. 3 ad. st* 

 p. <5 a d. sk. 

 q, r. <5 5 ad. sk. 

 s, t, u. <5 ad. ; 



v-y. 5 ad. sk. 

 z. <5 ad.sk. 



a'. 2 a d. sk. 



b". 2 ad. sk. 



c'. 2 ad. sk. 



d'. 2 juv. sk. 



e'. 5 ad. sk. 



/', &'■ c? 2 ad- sk. 

 h'. <5 ad. sk. 



i'. S ad. st. 



k'. 2 ad. sk. 



I', in'. 5 2 ad. 



sk. 

 «'. 5 ad. sk. 



o'. 2 ad. sk. 

 p'. Skeleton. 

 q', r'. Skulls. 



Orkneys (J. Dunn). 

 Cookham, Berks, February. 

 Cookkarn, Feb. 24, 1S74. 

 Cookham, Dec. 1879. 



Cookham. 



Turnharn Green. 



Near London. 



Lancing, Sussex, Nov. 1883. 



Avington, Hants, Feb. 1880. 



Norway, June 1866 (J. 



Baker). 

 Norwav, April 14, 1874 



(R. Collett). 

 Norwav, May 16, 1876 



{R. Collett). 

 Norway, June 3, 1877 



(R. Collett). 

 Norwav, Aug. 25, 1878 



(R. Collett). 

 Norwav, Nov. 18, 1883 



(R. Collett). 

 Belgium, Dec. 12, 1870. 

 Leiden, Holland, July 16, 



1878. 

 Mongeron, Seine-et-Oise, 



France, March (R. B. S.). 

 Guiksu, Asia Minor, Oct. 18, 



1866 (T. Robson). 

 Hakodadi, Japan, Dec. 24, 



1864. 

 Hakodadi, Nov. 22, 1865 



(H. Whitely). 

 Yokohama, Japan. 

 England. 

 S. Germany. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Mr. W. Briggs [P.]. 

 Mr. J. Baker [C.]. 

 Montagu Coll. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Christiania Mus. [P.]. 



Christiania Mus. [P.]. 



Christiania Mus. |"P ]. 



Christiania Mus. [P.], 



Christiania Mus. [P.]. 



Brussels Museum [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Hume Coll. 



Henry Whitely, Esq. 



Gould Coll. 



Prof. Milne [C.]. 

 Mr. Daniells. 

 Dr. Giinther [C.]. 



