31. ACANTHIS. 



253 



Adult female. Differs from tho male in wanting the red on the 

 breast and rump. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 35, wing 2-7, 

 tail 1*9, tarsus 0-5. 



The adult male in winter is lighter than in summer, by reason of 

 the light edges to the feathers, which wear off in the summer, when 

 the plumage becomes very dusky, and almost blackish above. 



Young. Differs from the adults exactly in the same way as in 

 A. linaria. 



Hah. Western Europe, breeding in the British Islands, and 

 probably locally in the mountains of South-western Europe, win- 

 tering in most parts to the southward of its breeding-range. 



a, b. S 2 ad. s k- 

 c,d. ($2 ad. sk. 



e. (£ ad. sk. 



/></■ d 2 ad.; h, 



i, k. Pull. st. 

 I, m. c? 5 ad. st. 

 n. c? iinui. sk. 



o. 5 ad. sk. 



lh 1- <S ? ad. st. 



r. cJad. sk. 



s, t. $ ad. st. 

 u. (J ad. sk. 



v, w, x. 2 ad- sk. 



y. J ad. sk. 



z, a'. (3 2 a( h s k- 



b'. <S ad. sk. 

 c'. cJ ad. sk. 



d'. $ ad. st. 



e'. J ad. sk. 



/'. 2 ad. sk. 



g'. (3 ad. sk. 



A', i'. c? ad. sk. 



k'-p'. 2 ad. sk. 



q'-u'. $ imin. sk. 



v'. 2 ad. sk. 



Bath. Montagu Coll. 



Southwell, Nottinghamshire, Rev. W. Becher [P.]. 



Oct. 1,1884. (Wing 2-7.) 

 Loughborough, Leicestershire, Gould Coll. 



May. (Wing 27.) 

 Leicestershire. 



Cambridgeshire. 

 Cambridgeshire {J. Baker). 



(Wing 2-65.1 

 Cambridge (0. S.). (Wing 



2-65.) 

 Norfolk, June. 



Norfolk, June. (Wing 275.) 



Theodore Walker, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Mr. J. Baker [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Lord Walsingham 



[P.]. 

 Lord w alsintjbam 



[P.J. 

 Mr. W. Briggs [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 



C'ookham, Berks. 



Cookham, Eeb. 1872. (Wing 



275.) 

 Cookham, Feb. 1879. (Wings R. B." Sharpe, Esq 



2-65-27.) [P.]. 



Cookham, Dec. (Wing 2-65.) R. B. Sharpe, Esq 



[P.]. 

 Cookham, Dec. (Wings 2-65- R. B. Sharpe, Esq 



J'H „ - t R J- 



Is ear London. (Wing 275.) 



Kingsburv, Middlesex, Oct. 



< Wing 2-7.) 



Kingsbury. 



Hampstead. (Wing 275.) 



Gould Coll. 



J. E. Harting, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 J. E. Harting, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 J. E. Harting, Esq. 



[P.] 

 Hume Coll. 



Hampstead, April 20 (R. B, 



S.). (Wing 2-65.) 



Hampstead, Sept. 30 (R. B. S.). Hurne Coll. 



(Wing 2-8.) 



Hanwell, Middlesex, Nov. R. B. Sharpe, Esq 



(Wing 2-7.) [P.]. 



Hanwell, Nov. (Wings 2-7- R. B. Sharpe, Esq 



275.) [P.]. 



Hanwell, Nov. (Wings 2-7- R. B. Sharpe, Esq 



2-85.) r [P.]. 



Sydenham, May. (Wing 2'65.) Hume Coll. 



