54. MILIARIA. 555 



Adult male in winter plumage. Much more rufous-brown than 

 in summer, the head like the back, the central black streaks dis- 

 tinctly indicated everywhere ; the margins to the wing-coverts and 

 quills much more rufous than in summer ; facial markings and 

 under surface of body fulvescent, inclining to creamy buff on the 

 centre of the breast and abdomen : the throat-spots very distinct, 

 as also the black stripes on the sides of the body. Towards the 

 approach of spring the colour on the throat and chest seems to 

 become intensified and to assume a distinct rufescent tint. 



Specimens from northern localities appear to be larger than those 

 from southern and eastern habitats : the following are the measure- 

 ments of some of the birds examined, from which it would seem that 

 no specific distinctions of size can be drawn : — 



Total 



length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



a. cJ . South Sweden, May 15 in. in. in. in. 



{Meres) 7-5 3-85 275 095 



/3. <S . Skane, Sweden, Feb. 5 



(Meres) 7"5 3-95 2 9 0-95 



y. <?. Skane, Sweden, Nov. 23 



(Meves) 7-5 3-9 2-75 1-0 



8. 5 ■ South Sweden, Nov. 



(Meres) 6-5 345 2o 09 



e. c?- Brighton, March 3 



(Swai/sland) 77 38 2-9 1-0 



C c? • Brighton, Apr. 4 (Sways- 

 land) 7-7 3-75 265 0-95 



t). 2 • Brighton, Apr. 4 (Swat/s- 

 tand) 70 3-4 255 0-85 



6. $ . Valencia, Spain, Oct. 18 



(Saunders) 7-5 395 29 0-9 



/. $ . El Djen, Tunis, March 1 



(Salri'n) 6-8 39 275 TO 



*•. c?- Teneriffe, April 1 (God- 

 ma?!) 7-2 355 275 0-95 



X. 9. Teneriffe, April 7 (God- 

 man) 6-0 3-35 2-5 0-9 



u. Erzerouni (Dickson and 



Boss) 6-9 3-9 2-0 0C5 



v. Trebizond (Dickson and 



Ross) 7-3 3-95 27 095 



£. Trebizond (Dickson and 



Ross) 67 3-45 2-45 09 



o. 9 . Shiraz, June (Dickson 



and Ross) .....' 6-4 3-5 2-5 09 



«■. Persia 7-0 4-0 2-8 1-0 



Hah. The greater part of Europe, including the countries to the 

 south of the Mediterranean, and the Canary Islands, extending into 

 Western Persia, and has occurred once in Sind. 



a. Ad. sk. Louth, Ireland. March 13, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.], 



1885. 



b, e. Juv. autumn. England. Gould Coll. 

 sk. 



