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edged with golden yellow and the secondaries also at the base ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, edged with sandy brown and with golden yellow 

 near the base ; base of forehead pale sandy buff ; sides of face and 

 ear-coverts dark brown ; sides of neck sandy brown ; throat and 

 fore neck clear sandy brown, with a slight yellow tinge on the 

 throat ; breast and sides of body sandy brown, streaked with black ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts paler, the latter centred with dusky 

 blackish. 



In winter plumage the young males and females resemble the 

 adults and have the same distribution of golden yellow over the 

 body, but the crown and ear-coverts are brown, and the inner 

 secondaries are edged with brown. 



The young males appear to have a more uniform brown head 

 than the young females, which have the head streaked with 

 blackish, and the throat is generally browner in the females, 

 blacker in the young males. As, however, both sexes ultimately 

 resemble each other, it is probable that these changes merely 

 indicate that the males acquire the full plumage rather more quickly 

 than the females. Out of the large series collected near Simla, in the 

 Hume Collection, many are already moulting in December and are ac- 

 quiring the red forehead. One specimen from Gilgit presented to the 

 Museum by Dr. Scully is getting this as early as the 10th of October. 



Hab. From the Caucasus and Northern Persia to Turkestan, 

 wintering to the southward in Asia Minor, as far as the Lebanon, 

 and in the North-western Himalavas. 



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o,p. Ad. sk. 

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Giaur Keuy, Taurus, Asia 



Minor, April 27, 1876 (C. 



G. Danford). 

 Karij Valley, Elburz Moun- 

 tains, Aug. 9, 1872. 

 Kandahar. 



Kandahar, April 10, 1881. 

 Pushut, Afghanistan (Dr. 



Griffith). 

 Wakhan, Kashgar, April 24, 



1874 (J. Biddulph), 

 Panja, April 13, 1874 



(J. Biddulph). 

 Kashmir (Dr. Bellew). 

 Ladak, Aug. 18, 1873. 

 Dras, Oct. 11, 1879 (/. 



Biddulph). 

 Baltistan, May 28, 1876 



(J. Biddulph). 

 Gilgit, May 20, 1872 (J. 



Biddulph). 

 Gilgit, Feb. 17, 1878 (J. 



Biddulph). 

 Astor district, Sept. 1876 



(J. Biddulph). 

 Gilgit, Oct. 9, 1880. 

 Shupyun, Cashmere, May 15, 

 1871 ( IV. E. Brooks). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 [CI. 



Capt. Hutton [P.]. 

 Col. Swinhoe [P.J. 

 India Museum. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Dr. J. Scully [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



