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of white ; ear-coverts pale sandy rufous, with a lighter streak across 

 the centre ; the blackish streaks of the male only faintly indicated 

 by dusky in the female ; entire throat and chest dull ashy, not so 

 clear as in the male and not so thickly spotted with black. Total 

 length 5 - 5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 3, tail 2-45, tarsus 0*6. 



In winter the plumage of the male is much more mealy than in 

 summer, the head being whiter and the throat and chest hoary grey. 

 The summer plumage is assumed by the wearing-off of the light tips 

 to the feathers. The adult female in winter is browner than the 

 male, and has the head brown like the back, with blackish stripes: 

 on the throat there is much less ashy than in the male. Young 

 birds in winter plumage resemble the old female, but are rather 

 more yellowish underneath. 



Mr. Hume gives the following soft parts : — 



Male. Upper mandible brown, the lower one dingy yellow or 

 fleshy yellow ; legs and feet pale dingy yellow, fleshy yellow, or 

 waxy yellow ; feet brownish fleshy ; claws brown ; iris brown. 



Female. Upper mandible brown, lower mandible dusky yellow 

 or wax-yellow, in one case the edge of the upper mandible yellow ; 

 legs and feet dingy yellow or paler fleshy yellow ; iris brown. 



Hab. From Palestine and Arabia, through Southern Persia and 

 Baluchistan to North-western India, extending as far as Saugor 

 in the Central Provinces. 



a, h. $ 2 ad. sk. 



c. $ ad. sk. 



d. 3 ad. sk. 



e. S ad. sk. 



/, g. 6 2 ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 



i. 2 ad. sk. 



k, I. d ad. sk. 



m. $ ad. sk. 

 n. cJ ad. sk. 



o, p. <$ 2 ad - sk - 

 q. 2 ad. sk. 

 r. 2 ad. sk. 



s. Ad. sk. 



t. cJ ad. 



Engedi, Palestine. 



Ras Masandam, Arabia, 



Dec. 7, 1872. 

 Bahu Kelat, Baluchistan, 



Feb. 2, 1872. 

 Baku Kelat, Baluchistan, 

 Feb. 1,1872 (If. T. 

 Blanford). 

 Nal, K'helat, April 29, 1877 



(0. T. Duke). 

 Near Anjera, May 18, 1877 



(0. T. Duke). 

 Quetta (Sir O. St. John). 

 Keothar range, Mehar district, 

 Sind, Dec. 1876 (TF. T. 

 Blanford). 

 Near Kotri, Sind, Dec. 9, 1875 



(W. E. Brooks). 

 Ranikot, north- west of Kotzi, 

 Sind, Dec. 17, 1875 ( W. T. 

 Blanford). 

 Kutch, Feb. 1872. 

 Nowshera, April 27, 1872. 

 Sambhur, March 14, 1872 (R. 



M. Adam). 

 Mount Abu, Julv 1874 (E. 



A. Butler). 

 Erinpura, Oct. 8, 1868 (Dr. 

 G. King). 



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