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Alula speckled with white and greyish-brown; shafts greyish- 

 brown, white predominating in the outer half of the outer web. 



Wing-covcrts speckled with white and greyish-brown, and 

 tipped with white. Outer web of those of the primaries^ almost 

 pure white, shafts dark-brown, inner web much sprinkled with brown. 

 Outer web of tJiose of the secondaries, sprinkled with brown, the 

 shafts and outer web being white. Thus on the closed wing 

 appears first a transverse band chietiy white (a few black feathers, 

 however, are often interspersed); then the secondaries with their 

 points protruding beyond the coverts, exhibit first a greyish-black 

 band tabbied with white, and then their white tips. 



Tibia white. 



Tarsus white with a sprinkling of greyish-black, more espe- 

 cially in front, down towards the toes. 



Toes white, their plumage being thick and long, the tips 

 covering the major portion of the outermost (naked) joint. 



Claws horn-brown, with lighter edges and tips, and exceedingly 

 long (on the middle toe from 19 to 21 mm). (Norway, Mus. of 

 Christiania). 



Female in winter dress. 

 ' Head and neck a deep tawny brown, with black transverse 

 bands ; the feathers tipped with white. 



Back yellowish brown, with black transverse bands, the tips 

 of the feathers being pale grey, sprinkled with black. 



Scapulars marked with largish circular spots. 



Under plumage white, each feather blackish at base; on the 

 breast and flanks some of the feathers are black, marked trans- 

 versely with yellowish brown stripes. 



Bectrices black, speckled with brown at the outer parts, and 

 with broad white points. Tail slightly forked. Outermost tail 

 feathers, about 8 mm larger than the median, black, with the outer 

 web speckled; the others speckled with black and yellow. 



[Jp2)er tail-coverts speckled all over with brown ; the tips of 

 the feathers white. 



