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Africa as the Cape ; but I do not recollect to have seen 

 this bird in any collection from that district. It is found 

 at Corfu, Sicily, and Malta. 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. It has been found in India by 

 B. Hodgson, Esq. and Mr. Blyth. 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 irides 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 appearing to be but little affected by 

 the seasonal assumption of colour, and generally remaining 

 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 ferruginous ; 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 black and white ; vent, thighs, and under 

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



The whole length is about eight inches ; the beak one 

 inch and a 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. 



Young birds of the year have the head and neck pale 

 brown ; the back, wing-coverts, and tertials a mixture 

 of black, dark brown, pale brown, and buff; neck in front 

 pale brown, breast white, both spotted with dusky brown ; 



