174 



Female. Rather smaller than the raale ; less bright in colours, 

 and has no knob at the base of the bill. 



Yo^mq birds " of the j'ear in August have the beak flesh-colour, 

 the head and neck brown, chin and front of the neck white ; inter- 

 scapulars brown ; wing-coverts white ; inner secondaries white, 

 edged with chestnut ; primaries black ; speculum becoming greeu ; 

 all the under surface white; legs flesh-colour" (Tarrell). 



Nestlings in down are dark brown above and \\hite below : the 

 white on the underparts extending to the forehead, sides of the 

 head and neck, wings, scapulary region, and sides of the rump 

 {Seebohm). 



Hub. British Islands, across Europe and South Siberia to Japan, 

 during the breeding-season ; Southern Europe, Northern Africa, 

 Western Asia, Northei'n India, Southern China, Formosa, and 

 Japan in winter. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Pull. sk. 



d. Pull. sk. 



e. Ad. st. 

 /. (S ad. sk. 



(,, h. c? 2 juv. sk. 



i, A-. Pull. St. 

 I. Pull. sk. 

 m,n.(S2 ad. sk. 

 0. 2 imm. sk. 



p. cJ ad. sk. 



q, r. Imm. sk. 

 s. 2 juv. sk. 

 t. Piill. St. 

 u. c? imm. sk. 



V. Ad. sk. 



w. Ad. sk. 



.T. Imm. sk. 

 y-b'. Juv. sk. 

 c'. cJ imm. sk. 



d'. Imm. sk. 

 e',f'. S ad. et 



2 juv. sk. 

 g'. Ad. st. 

 A', i'. S imm. sk. 



h'. S imm. sk. 



I'. S ad. sk. 

 m'-p'. cJad. sk. 



No locality. 

 No locality. 

 No locality. 

 No locality. 

 Gt. Britain. 

 North Uist, Hebrides, 



July [H. J.E.). 

 St. Andrew's, N. Scot- 

 laud, Dec. 

 Kirkwall. 



Knox I., Fame Is., June. 

 Norfolk, Jan. 

 Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 



July. 

 Brighton, Feb. {E. V. 



Seebohm). 

 Ilayhng I. 



Havre, Dec. (F.P/wc/if). 

 Tunis. 

 Damietta, Egypt, Feb. 



(PhilipjMm). 

 Alexandria, Egypt, 



March (G. E. S.). 

 Belutchistan, Feb. ( W. 



T. Bhmford). 

 Kattiawar, Dec. 

 AUygurh. 

 Bbeema, Etawah, Dec. 



(v4. Anderson). 

 Etawah. 

 Oudh, Jan. 



Nepal. 



Sultanpur, Gurgaon, 



Nov.C^F. A^. Chill). 

 Mohungunj, Jan. ((?. 



Reid). 

 Calcutta, April. 

 Lobnoor, Turkestan, 



March {Prjevalsky). 



Mrs. Wakeling [P.]. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



H. J. Elwes, Esq. [P.]. 



J. A. W. Cook, Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.]. 

 Colonel Irby [P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



J. W. Tyndale, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Fraser [C.]. 

 SheUey CoU. 



Shelley Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Flume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



