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inner webs ; the amount of white gradually increasing on the 

 inner quills, of which the innermost ones are pure white in some 

 examples. Secondaries pure white. Iris crimson, a narrow white 

 ring surrounding the pupil ; bill slate-blue to blackish, reddish at 

 the base ; legs and feet outwardly black, inwardly leaden blue, 

 dusky green at the joints. Total length about 12 inches, culmen 

 from feathers on forehead 0-85-0"95, wing 5-2-5-3, tarsus 1"6, outer 

 toe and claw 2-1-2-2. 



Adtilt in non-hrecding plumage. General colour above, including 

 the top of the head, middle of the nape, and back of the neck black, 

 washed with grey ; chin, throat, and sides of the nape white ; ear- 

 coverts and fore-neck brownish white ; sides and flanks white, 

 widely tipped with dark slate ; rest of the plumage as in the adult 

 in breeding-plumage. 



The black on the chin, throat, sides of the head, and fore-neck, as 

 well as the long feathers of the sides of the head, begin to make 

 their appearance in the end of January and are generally complete 

 by the beginning of March ; the change of colour of these parts 

 appears to be entirely due to moult ; on the sides and flanks, how- 

 ever, many of the dark-tipped feathers become chestnut by changing 

 colour. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe, through Central Asia to 

 China and Japan ; Africa. 



a. Ad. st. 



h. 5 imm. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 

 e,f- 6 ad. sk. 



y. Ad. sk. 



h. Ad. sk. 

 ?. Ad. sk. 



1-. 2 ad.sk. 



l-o S 2 ad. sk. 



p. 2 ad. sk. 



q. (S ad. sk. 



r, s. c? 2 ad. sk. 



t. Ad. sk. 



u-y. (S 2 ad. sk. 



z. (S ad. sk. 



n'. tS ad. sk. 



h' . (S ad. sk. 



Cornwall. 



Avington, Hants, Oct. 27 

 {G. E. .S'.). 



Yarmouth, Norfolk. 



Europe. 



Havre, France, March- 

 Sept. ( V. Fluche). 



Corsica. 



Morocco. 

 Mogador. 



Beuguela, S.W. Africa, 



Nov. 15. 

 El Baheira, Tunis, Mar. 7 



(O. S.). 

 Lake Ashangi, Abyssiaia, 



8000 feet, May 4. 

 Aden, Oct. 3 {H. C. Barnes). 



Sea of Galilee. 

 Muscat, Jan. 31. 

 Sonmiani Bav, Meln-an 



Coast, Feb. io {A. O. H.). 

 Pusnee, Mekran Coast, 



Feb. 16 (A. O. H.). 

 Semipalatinsk, Siberia, 



May 4 {Dr. Brehm). 

 Amoy, China, Jan. 22 



{R. Swinhoe), 



Montagu Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Old Coll. 

 Gould CoU. 

 Hargitt Coll. 



J. Whitehead, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Howard Saimders, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 J. J. Monteiro, Esq. 



LC.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



J. Davidson, Esq. 



[P.]. , 

 Canon Tristram [C.J. 

 Dr.A.J.Jayakar[P.], 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Dr. O. Fiusch [E.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



