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and it is said to have been found as far south in Africa as the 

 Cape ; but I do not recollect to have seen this bird in any 

 collection from that district. It is common on the coast of 

 Smyrna ; the Zoological Society have received specimens 

 from Trebizond, and the Russian naturalists found it in the 

 vicinity of the Caucasus. M. Temminck says that it has 

 been received from Japan, Sunda, and Timor, but never in 

 summer plumage. 



The adult bird in its perfect summer plumage has the beak 

 black ; the iridcs brown ; top of the head a mixture of black 

 and ferruginous, the dark colour occupying the centre of each 

 feather ; neck all round greyish white streaked with black ; 

 feathers of the back, scapulars, and tertials black, with rufous 

 edges ; wing-coverts almost as in winter ; these feathers ap- 

 pearing to be but little affected by the seasonal assumption of 

 colour, and generally remain nearly the same throughout the 

 year ; primaries greyish black with white shafts ; secondaries 

 the same but edged with white ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 a mixture of black and ash colour, partly tinged with ferru- 

 ginous ; two middle tail-feathers the longest, pointed, dark 

 brown, with lighter coloured edges ; the others nearly uniform 

 ash grey ; chin white, neck in front greyish white streaked 

 with black ; breast mottled Jolack and white ; vent, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts white ; legs, toes, and claws, black. 



The whole length about eight inches; the beak one inch 

 and one quarter. From the carpal joint to the end of the 

 first quill-feather, which is the longest in the wing, four 

 inches and five-eighths. 



The chick soon after leaving the egg has all the upper sur- 

 face of the body covered with down of an ash brown colour, 

 with a black stripe on the head, nape, and down the back ; the 

 under surface of the body greyish white ; the legs pale green. 



For the means of figuring the young bird in this state, I am 

 indebted to the kindness of T. C. Hcysham, Esq. of Carlisle. 



