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STEECOEAR[ID.E. 



whitish throat, more or less of an ash-brown band across the breast, 

 and a considerable amount of brown on the flanks. 



Individuals irregularlj- spotted with white are not very rare. 



Adult in u'inter. As in the preceding species (see p. 326). 



Young. The offspring of two white-breasted birds is pale 

 cinnamon-brown on the head and underparts, with dark streaks and 

 bars ; the feathers of the upper parts umber-brown with rufous 

 edges. The offspring of two dark birds is much darker, with 

 greyer tips to the feathers ; while the offspring of one white breasted 

 and one sooty bird is intermediate, as might be expected. Tarsi 

 and bases of the toes yellowish, the front portion of the toes black. 



Immature. Streaked and mottled with various shades of brown on 

 the upper surface, mantle chiefly umber ; upper tail-coverts barred 

 with dark brown, white, and rufous ; under surface more or less 

 barred with brown on a paler ground. 



Nestling. Sooty brown above, paler below ; but the downy young 

 of dark parents are deepest in hue. 



Hah. Circumpolar and subarctic regions, breeding as far south as 

 about 55° 45' in the Scottish Islands ; in winter along the coasts of 

 Europe, Africa down to the Cape of Good Hope, the Persian Gulf 

 and vicinity, Australia, New Zealand, the North Pacific, and the 

 Atlantic as far south as Eio de Janeiro. 



n. $ juv. sk. 

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 €. Juv. st. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



/. 2 vix ad. sk. 

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St. 



i-m. Ad. St.; n, o. 



Pull. St. 

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 r-u. Ad. sk. 



V. (5 ad. sk. 



ic-z. S 2 <id. ; rt',6'. 



Pull. St. 

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i'. cJ 2 imm. ; k' . 



2 juv. sk. 

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m' . 2 ad. ; n', o'. 



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Brighton, Sept. 

 Gravesend, Sept. 

 Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Sept. 

 Spurn Head, A^orks., winter, 

 Flamborougb, A'orks. 



Moy Estuary, Co. Mavo, 



May {E. Warreri). 

 North Uist, Hebrides, 



summer. 

 Hoy, Orlmeys. 



Hoy, Orkneys (Dunn). 

 Orkneys, summer (Hub- 

 bard). 

 Orkneys (Dnmi). 

 Mousa, Shetlands, June 20. 



Faeroe Islands, June- Aug. 

 (H. C. Miiller). 



Dr. A. Gilnther [P.]. 



Purchased. 



Th. Fisher, Esq. [P.]. 



Th. Fisher, Esq. [P.]. 



J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 



Th. Walker, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Purchased. 



J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Lt. G. H. Bruce, 



R.N. [P.]. 

 E. Harg-itt CoU. 



Fffiroes, July 8th (H. C. Col. H. W. Feilden 



M.). [P.]. 



Faroes, July (H. C. M.). H. Saunders Coll. 



Fferoes, Sept. 27 (H. C. M.). H. Saunders Coll. 



Iceland (W. Procter). Hume Coll. 



Spitsbergen (Capt. Sir E. The Admiralty [P.]. 



Parry). 



Bodij, Norway, May 26th, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



June 8th (Godmun). 



