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PODICIPEDIDJi;. 



Japanese birds in full breeding-plumage are pracfcieallj- similar to 

 European examples. It is true they have rather less black on the 

 throat and behind the ej-e, and that the underparts are somewhat 

 more mixed with white ; but these differences are very slight — 

 merely a matter of degree. 



Chinese, Eormosan, and Philippine examples have the black on 

 the throat still more reduced, the chestnut on the sides of the head 

 extending to the eye, and the underparts still more mixed with white. 

 I regard these as a fairly distinct subspecies. 



From Morocco, Fogaras in S.E. Hungary, and Albistan in Asia 

 Minor, as well as from the Tigris and Euphrates, the Museum 

 possesses examples intermediate between the typical European and 

 the Afro-Indian forms, the white on the secondaries being much 

 developed. From Tenasscrim, Lower Burma, and Luzon there are 

 intermediate examples between the Chinese and Afro-Indian forms. 



Hah. Central and Southern Europe, ranging westward into Central 

 Asia ; Japan. 



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y. (S ad. sk. 

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 m, n. Ad. st. 

 o. (S imm. sk. 

 p. 5 ad. sk. 



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pull. sk. 



Ad. sk. 

 , x. (S ad. sk. 



y, s. cJ 2 ad. sk. 

 «'. c? ad. sk. 

 b'-d'. Ad. et juv. 



sk. 

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f. Ad. St. 



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 r'. Ad. St. 



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ad. et 



Loch na Shanish, near In- 

 verness, June {E, H.). 



Great Britain. 



Alnwick, Northumberland, 

 Jan. 



Norfolk, Nov. {Gunn). 



Norwich, Oct. 



Merton, May. 



Gt. Yarmouth, Nov. 21 



(G. Smith). 

 Leicestershire. 



Walberswick, Suffolk, 



Nov. 21 {Tyler). 

 Bushey, Hertfordshire, 



summer. 

 Thames Valley, April 2G. 



Chelsea. 



Cookham, Berks, Oct. 10 



( W. Briygs). 

 Cookham, Aug. ( W. Briygs). 

 Marlow, July 21. 

 Romney Marsh, Sept.-Dec. 



Worthing, Sussex, Dec. 2 



(E. R.). 

 Avington, Hants, May. 

 Avington, Feb., May, Dec. 



Devonshire. 



River Dart, Devonshire. 



Havre, France, Oct. ( V. 

 Pluche) . 



Hargitt Coll. 



J. Gould, Esq. [r.]. 

 W. E. de Winton, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Lord \VaIsingham 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Theodore Walker, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Purchased. 



Gould Coll. 



Montagu Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Dr. R. Bowdler 



Sbarpe [P.]. 

 Hargitt Coll. 



E. Shelley, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. R.' Bowdler 



Sharpe [P.]. 

 Montagu Col). 

 C. Coningham, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



