452 



CHAEADEIID.E. 



black " (A. H. Everett). Total length 9 inches, cnlmen 1-45, wing 

 6-2, tail 2-8, tarsus 1-25. 



Young in winter plumage. Differs from the winter plumage of 

 the adults in having the wing-coverts, scapulars, and back mottled 

 with white dots on the outer webs of the feathers. 



The adult birds appear to moult into winter plumage after 

 quitting their summer haunts for southern latitudes, arriving with 

 worn and abraded feathers, but with the barred under surface of 

 the breeding-dress. 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. Resembles the winter plumage 

 as regards the upper surface of the body being entirely ashy grey,, 

 but differs in the colouring of the lower surface, which is profusely 

 spotted and barred. The throat is white, but the cheeks, lower 

 throat, and fore-neck are spotted and streaked with dusky blackish ; 

 the chest and breast, as well as the sides of the body and flanks, are 

 also barred with dusky blackish, with a few bars on the under tail- 

 coverts : " bill brown ; feet yellow-ochre ; iris dark brown " 

 (H. Whitely). Total length 9*5 inches, culmen 1*5, wing 6-1, 

 tail 2^6, tarsus 1-15. 



Adult female in breeding-plumage. Does not differ from the male. 

 Total length 9 - 5 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 6, tail 2"6, tarsus V2. 



Hab. From Eastern Siberia and Kamtchatka, through Japan and 

 China to the Malayan Archipelago, the Papuan Islands, and Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c. J ad. ; d, e. 

 2 ad. et imm. 

 sk. 



f,g. <$ $ ad. sk. 

 h. $ ad. sk. 



i-l. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 m, n. Ad. sk. 

 o,p, q. Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 r, s. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 t. 2 ad.sk. 



u. 2 ad. sk. 



v. 5 ad. sk. 

 to. 2 imm. sk. 

 x. $ ad. sk. 



y, 2. d ad. ; a'. 2 



ad. sk. 

 b'. 2 ad. sk. 



e'. Ad. sk. 

 dl, e'. Ad. sk. 



Lake Baikal, May 31 {Dy- 

 bowski). 



Hakodadi, Japan, May, Sept. 

 ( Capt. Blakiston : H. 

 Whitely). 



Hakodadi, Oct. (H. Whitely). 



Hakodadi, Sept. ( W. Blakis- 

 ton). 



Yokohama (H. Pryer). 



Liu-Kiu Islands, Aug. 



S.W. Formosa, Aug., Sept. 

 {R. Swinhoe). 



Amoy, May, Sept. (R. Swin- 

 hoe). 



Cebu, Philippines, April 

 (A. H. Everett). 



Negros, Feb. 



S. Ley te, Oct. (A. H. Everett). 

 S. Leyte, Oct. (A. H. Everett). 

 Malanipa. 



N. Bohol, Nov. {A. H. E.). 



Ayala, Mindanao, Dec. 6. 



Labuan, Oct. {A. H. Everett). 

 Labuan, Jan. 10. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



F. S. Bourns, Esq. 

 [0.1 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Chal- 

 lenger.' 



Tweeddale Coll. 



E. L. Moseley, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 A. H. Everett, Esq. 



[P.]. 



