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brown, streaked with black ; otherwise as iu the female above de- 

 scribed, except that there is a tinge of orange on the breast : " bill 

 bluish grey on the lower mandible, the upper mandible darker ; legs 

 and feet fleshy brown, dusky on the toes ; iris brown " (A. 0. 

 Hume). Total length 6 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 3-35, tail 2 6, 

 tarsus 0*85. 



The females and young birds in winter plumage resemble corre- 

 sponding stages in the plumage of E. luteola, and both species have 

 the rump washed with yellow. There is always, however, a tinge 

 of chestnut on the lower back in E. melanocepliala, which is not 

 observable in E. luteola. 



The young female in first breeding-plumage differs from the male 

 in wanting the black head ; the whole of the upper surface being 

 brown, streaked with black down the middle of the feathers, more 

 distinctly on the crown ; lower back and rump nearly uniform pale 

 chestnut, obscured by ashy edges to the feathers ; the upper tail- 

 coverts slightly washed with yellow ; sides of neck yellow ; round 

 the hind neck a slight tinge of chestnut ; lores and feathers round 

 eye ashy white ; ear-coverts pale brown, with a slight indication of 

 black below the eye : under surface of body pale yellow, light 

 isabelline on the sides of the body and flanks. Total length 6"5 

 inches, culmen 055, wing 3 - 35, tail 2 - 65, tarsus 0*8. 



Hub. Southern Europe from Asia Minor and Greece westwards 

 to Southern Germany and Southern France, eastwards to North- 

 western and Central India. 



Greece. Consul Merlin [C.]. 



Athens. Consul Merlin [0.1. 



Turkev, July 9, 1877 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(JV. Pearce). 



Aidir, Asia Minor, Purchased. 



June 9, 1883. 



Smvrna. Gould Coll. 



Banias, May 3, 1864 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. B. Tristram). 



Akurah, Lebanon, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



17, 1804 (IT. i?.:r.). 



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Mount Hermon. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



R. Volga. Gould Coll. 



Persia. Purchased, 



ad. sk. Persia. C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 



Mashish, S.W. of Kar- W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



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r, s. c? ad. sk. Bushire. A. J. V. Palmer, Esq. 



[P.]. 



t. J ad. sk. Bampur, Baluchistan, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



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u,v % w. c?; x, y. Nal. Khelat, April Hume Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 1877 (O. T. Duke). 



z, a', c? ad. sk. Mount Abu, April 14, Hume Coll. 

 1875 



