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aries, dusky brown, the first primary with outer web and shaft 

 white ; secondaries, edged with whitish, the innermost with 

 sandy buff; top of head, blackish brown, feathers somewhat 

 edged with sandy buff; broad white band over eye extending 

 to nape ; rest of head and sides of throat, white, spotted and 

 streaked with dusky ; throat, white, streaked with dusky below ; 

 sides of neck and band across fore neck, light ashy brown, 

 washed with buff and bordered below by narrow band of black 

 and this by a white band ; breast and sides, orange-chestnut ; 

 centre of lower breast and abdomen, black; lower abdomen, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts, white ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts, smoky gray. 



Adult female !fi breeding plumage — Similar, but less brightly colored, 

 and black abdominal space less conspicuous. 



Male and female hi winter — Similar above, but top of head, 

 brown, streaked with sandy buff; sides of face, ashy fulvous, 

 streaked with brown ; chin, white ; throat, ashy brown, streaked 

 with dusky, and a white band faintly indicated ; rest of lower 

 parts, isabelline white, sides washed with buff. 



Young — Like winter plumage, but upper parts blackish brown, 

 feathers edged with whitish ; space above eye, throat, and lower 

 parts, washed with ochraceous. 



Downy young — Upper parts, black, mottled with rufous and sandy 

 buff; black lines on forehead and lores; forehead, eyebrow, 

 back of head, and lower parts, white. 



Measurements — Length, 8.50 inches; wing, 5.75 inches; tail, 2.50 

 inches; culmen, .75 inch; tarsus, 1.35 inches. 



Eggs — Two to three ; grayish buff, spotted with brown and gray ; 

 measure 1.60 by 1.15 inches. 



Habitat — Breeds in the Alps and the mountains of Great Britain 

 and southern Russia to Scandinavia, and through Siberia, except 

 the southeastern part, to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla. Win- 

 ters in southern Europe and northern Africa. Accidental in 

 Japan, and one taken on King Island, Alaska, July 23, 1897. 



Though chiefly confined in the breeding sea- 

 son to the northern parts of northern Eurasia, 

 a few still breed on the mountains of the Eng- 



