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M. Temminck says that it breeds in Sardinia. Specimens 

 have been brought to this country from South Africa both 

 by Captain Spiller and Dr. Andrew Smith; and again 

 quoting White of Selborne, " Hasselquist says that it 

 migrates to Egypt in the autumn." It is seen in Sicily 

 on its passage northwards in March, and has been known 

 to winter in Malta, remaining there from November till 

 spring. It has been found at Tripoli. The Zoological 

 Society have received specimens from Trebizond, presented 

 by Keith Abbott, Esq. and Messrs. Dickson and Ross ; 

 and the Russian naturalists, MM. Menetries and Hohen- 

 acker, found this bird also on the margins of lakes between 

 the Black and the Caspian Seas. Colonel Sykes and Major 

 Franklin brought specimens from different parts of India ; 

 B. Hodgson, Esq. includes it among the Birds of Nepal. 

 M. Temminck says it is found in Japan, and Dr. Horsfield 

 includes it in his Birds of Java. 



The beak is black; the irides red; the whole of the 

 head, the neck all round, the breast, all the under parts 

 of the body and the tail-feathers, white, with a few dusky 

 streaks behind the eyes and on the occiput ; the back and 

 wings nearly black, tinged with green ; the legs and toes 

 pink. 



The whole length is about thirteen inches. From the 

 carpal joint to the end of the wing, eight inches ; the first 

 quill-feather the longest. 



Females have the black colour on the back less pure, and 

 not tinged with green ; the dark streaks about the occiput 

 are more numerous. 



Young birds have the feathers of the back and wings 

 brown, edged with white, and more dark feathers about 

 the back of the head ; the legs orange. 



