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(2) Imp. Mus., Tokyo, No. 21(58; Province of Owari, Hondo; Mr. 

 Ota coll.; no date. Coloration almost identical with the foregoing 

 specimen, thongh with a faint blackish wash on the middle of the 

 throat. Otherwise the similarity of the two specimens is so complete 

 that I have no hesitation in prononncing it of the same sex and age as 

 the foregoing. Throat feathers in the middle short and rounded ; on 

 the sides jierceptibly longer and narrower, though not pointed. 



(3) Imp. Mus., Tokyo, No. 2170; Province of Owari, Hondo; no 

 date. Coloration like 1 and 2, but chin, middle of throat, and first 

 lateral branch of the throat patch black; flanks as in figure quoted 

 above; throat feathers much as in 2. 



The above three specimens thus appear to be fully adult summer 

 males. 



(4) U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 109409; S ; Shimosa, Hondo; December 22, 

 1885. General coloration much as the above, but all light markings, 

 including superciliary stripe, more strongly washed with buff; breast 

 deeper ferruginous; -chest feathers with a large chestnut spot in either 

 web, but no black spots; feathers on middle of throat dull cinnamon- 

 rufous, with broad white terminal margins; those on the sides of throat 

 and on cheeks cinnamon-rufous with a Avhite shaft streak, with terminal 

 black spots on the cheeks. Middle throat feathers rounded ; lateral 

 ones elongated and pointed; a few of the latter still in their sheaths. 



The richness of the coloration, especially that of the breast, leads me 

 to believe that this is a fully adult male iu, at least, its second winter. 



(5) U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 91582; S ; Yokohama, Hondo; April 4, 

 1883; P. L. Jouy coll. Considerably i^aler than any of the foregoing; 

 throat and upper fore neck white, with a narrow dusky band down the 

 middle of the throat, united below with a semicircular dusky line 

 descending from the ear; lateral throat feathers edged with cinnamon- 

 rufous; middle ones more or less suffused with the same color and 

 tii^ped with whitish; a few blackish spots on the chest; all the 

 throat feathers elongate and pointed. 



(6) IT. S. Nat. Mus., No. 95983; sex not given; A. Owston coll.; no 

 date. Practically identical with foregoing, except that only lateral 

 throat feathers are pointed, the median ones being short and rounded. 



(7) U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 95982; 6 ; Nagasaki, Kiusiu; January 1, 

 1877 ; F. Einger coll. Like the foregoing, but throat band twice as 

 broad, occui)ying the whole middle part and continued bacikward 

 beyond the first semicircular line, though not reaching the second; 

 throat feathers all strongly elongated and pointed. 



(8) U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 114127; <? ; Fusan, Korea; November 21, 

 1885; P. L. Jouy coll. Like the foregoing, but throat and upper fore 

 neck pure white, with a faint indication of a dusky band down the 

 middle of the throat, caused by the dark bases of the feathers shining 

 through the white tips; two semicircular black lines, the upper one 

 imperfect on the median line; median throat feathers rounded, lateral 

 ones moderately elongated, pointed. 



