462 chakadriidj:. 



and upper tail-coverts like the back, the lateral coverts barred with 

 blackish and with white on the outer web ; tail-feathers bronzy 

 brown, with irregular cross-bars of blackish brown, the middle 

 feathers narrowly, but the outer feathers broadly, tipped with 

 white, the penultimate feather barred with white on the outer web, 

 the outermost feather almost entirely white with a little brown on 

 the inner web, which is barred with blackish ; crown of head and 

 neck bronzy brown, with narrow mesial shaft-lines of blackish 

 brown, a narrow superciliary line of whitish, extending from the 

 base of the bill ; sides of face bronzy brown, with blackish shaft- 

 lines to the feathers ; fore part of cheeks and under surface of body 

 pure white, with dusky streaks on the throat, these being a little 

 larger on the chest, the sides of the latter and sides of upper breast 

 brown ; under wing- coverts white, mottled with blackish bases to 

 the feathers, especially distinct on the edge of the wing; axillaries 

 pure white ; quills dusky below, white towards the base of the 

 inner web: "bill dusky above, brownish grey beneath; feet 

 greyish, tinged with green, the claws black ; iris brown '" (J. Mac- 

 gillivray). Total length 8 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 4T, tail 2, 

 tarsus 0*96. 



Adult female in hreeding-plumage. Similar to the male in colour, 

 but not quite so heavily marked, and the streaks on the fore-neck 

 and chest less pronounced. Total length 7 inches, culmen 1-1, 

 wing 4-3, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-85. 



Adults in winter plumage. A little more bronzy olive than in 

 summer, and uniform above, without the black central streaks and 

 black spear-shaped spots which are characteristic of the summer 

 dress ; the streaks on the throat are also much narrower and not so 

 distinct. 



Young hirds. Easily distinguished by the cross-bars of sandy or 

 reddish buff and dusky brown, which give the upper surface a 

 freckled appearance ; the throat uniform, with scarcely any indica- 

 tion of streaks on the lower part. 



Hah. The greater part of the Old World, nesting in the north, 

 and migrating in winter to South Africa, India, and Australia. 



a. Pull. sk. Orkneys. Gould Coll. 



b, c rT 2 ad. st. Caithness, N.B., June. Col. Irbv & Capt. 



Reid [P.]. 

 <1, e rT 2 ad. st. Sutherlandshire. Col. Irby & Capt. 



Reid LP.]. 

 f. r? ad.sk. Loch Awe, Scotland, June 12. Dr. R. B. Sharpe 



[P.]. 

 a S ad. sk. Island of Tiree, May 7. Col. Irby [P.]. 



'h Juv sk. St. Andrew's, Aug. (R. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



W. R.). 

 i \d. sk. Isle of Grain, Aug. 7 (R. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



TV. R.). 

 k-m. c? 2 a d- e t Northumberland, May. Harting Coll. 



pull. st. 

 n. Pull. sk. Banks of the Eden, Dur- Gould Coll. 



ham, May. 



