210 Mr. J. E. Harting on rare 



Description. — Adult, in summer (hitherto un described). Bill 

 blacky moderately long, slender. Crown and upper portion of 

 the back and wings hair-brown. Forehead, eyelids, and chin 

 pure white. Eyebrows, and sides of the face and neck, buff; the 

 latter colour extending round the nape, and separating the 

 hair-brown of the crown from that of the back. Across the 

 breast a broad rufous band, the lowest feathers of which are 

 terminated by a slight edging of dark umber-brown ; thence 

 to the extremities of the under tail-coverts pure white. Pri- 

 maries brownish-black ; the shaft of the first, and a portion 

 of the second, white; the shafts of the others brown. Se- 

 condaries long, reaching almost to the end of the primaries. 

 Axillaries smoke-grey. Tail long, the outer web of outermost 

 rectrix white ; its inner web dusky. In the second rectrix both 

 webs dusky, the inner one darker. The rest of the rectrices 

 getting darker as they approach the middle; the two middle 

 the darkest and somewhat longer than the others. Legs long 

 and slender ; a considerable portion of the tibia bare. Toes 

 three ; the middle and outer toe connected at their base by a 

 slight membrane. Legs and toes yellowish-ochreous {Exempt, 

 in mus. J. Gould). 



Adult, in winter. No specimens have yet been reported; but 

 we may presume from what occurs in the allied species, E. asi- 

 aticus, that the winter plumage of this bird resembles, to a cer- 

 tain extent, the immature plumage next to be described, except 

 that the chin and under parts are probably pure white, instead 

 of dusky ; and a dusky patch on each side of the breast doubt- 

 less takes the place of the rufous band which is seen across the 

 breast in summer. 



Young. Crown, back, and upper portion of the wings greyish- 

 brown, each feather margined with buff. Forehead, eyebrows, 

 chin, sides of face and neck buff, this colour extending in the 

 form of a collar round the neck. The pectoral band not well 

 defined ; but a cloudy patch of pale buffy-brown, extending across 

 the breast, becomes gradually paler above and below as it ap- 

 proaches the chin and vent. Primaries and axillaries as in the 

 adult; secondaries broadly edged with buff. Legs and toes 

 dull yellowish-brown. {Exempl. in 7nus. J. E. H.) 



