and fore-neck varied with elongated black stripes, differing in 

 breadth and situated on one side of the feather ; on each side of 

 the crop is a large patch of drooping plumes of purplish black, and 

 continued along the sides of the body even as far as the vent ; sides 

 of body light ashy grey ; thighs and under tail-coverts white ; 

 under wing-coverts ashy grey : " bill yellow, with the ridge of the 

 upper mandible brown towards the end ; feet dull green ; tibia 

 yellow ; claws black ; iris yellow ; bare space between the bill and 

 the eye green " ( W. Macgillivi-ay). Total length 30 inches, culmen 

 5-1, wing 18, tail 7-2, tarsus 6-8. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male and equally beautifully 

 coloured, but the black crest-plumes not so long, and the black 

 markings on the chest not quite so pronounced. Total length about 

 30 inches, culmen 4-9, wing 17-8, tail 6-7, tarsus 6-4. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being darker and not so pure 

 grey ; the head being dark slate-colour, with a small nuchal crest 

 of purplish black, the neck rather lighter ashy ; sides of face and 

 ear-coverts also ashy grey ; cheeks and throat white ; the neck 

 dark slaty grey, as also the sides of the body, under wing-coverts, 

 and axillaries ; lower throat, fore-neck, and chest very broadly 

 streaked with black, the black very thickly developed on the throat, 

 sparsely on the fore-neck, and represented by a few black streaks on 

 the sides of the body : on each side of the chest the black patch of 

 the adult is represented by a dusky patch of feathers, relieved by 

 several broad white streaks ; on the bend of the wing a tinge of 

 rust colour, which also pervades the black-streaked feathers of the 

 throat and fore-neck. 



Hah. The greater part of Europe and Asia below lat. 60° N. ; 

 seldom found north of this line, but extending occasionally to 

 Iceland and Greenland. Found also in most parts of Africa, 

 Madagascar, and extending its range in the east to the Malay 

 Islands and Australia. 



a. Pull. sk. England. Gould Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Cambridgeshire. Purchased. 



c. Juv. sk. Oundle, Northants, March. Sharpe Coll. 



d. S ad. st. Kingsbury Reservoir (J! .C. If.). Harting Coll. 



e Juv. st. Komney Marsh, Kent, Sept. Dr. Gordon Hogg 



[P.]. 



/, g. Imm. sk. Romney Marsh, Sept., Jan. Sharpe Coll. 



h i Juv. sk. Avington, Hants, Dec. (R. Sharpe Coll. 



B. S.). 



k I J ad. et juv. Cookham, Berks, Dec. {R. Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. B. S.). 



VI Juv. sk. St. Michael's, Azores, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. D. G.). 



n. Ad. sk. Natal (T. Ayres). Gumej Coll. 



o. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith. 



p. (^ ad. sk. Kroonstad, Orange Free State, Gurney Cull. 



April (JE. F. Symonds). 



q. Ad.sk. Fovt Dauphin, Madagascar. W. Scott Elliot, Esq. 



[P.]. 



