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aries, dusky brown, the first primary with outer web and shaft 

 white; secondaries, edged with whitish, the innermost with 

 sandy buff; top of head, blackish brown, feathers somewhat 

 edged with sandy buff; broad white band over eye extending 

 to nape ; rest of head and sides of throat, white, spotted and 

 streaked with dusky ; throat, white, streaked with dusky below ; 

 sides of neck and band across fore neck, light ashy brown, 

 washed with buff and bordered below by narrow band of black 

 and this by a white band ; breast and sides, orange-chestnut ; 

 centre of lower breast and abdomen, black; lower abdomen, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts, white ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts, smoky gray. 



Adult female in breeding plumage Similar, but less brightly colored, 

 and black abdominal space less conspicuous. 



Male and female in winter Similar above, but top of head, 

 brown, streaked with sandy buff; sides of face, ashy fulvous, 

 streaked with brown ; chin, white ; throat, ashy brown, streaked 

 with dusky, and a white band faintly indicated ; rest of lower 

 parts, isabelline white, sides washed with buff. 



Young Like winter plumage, but upper parts blackish brown, 

 feathers edged with whitish ; space above eye, throat, and lower 

 parts, washed with ochraceous. 



Downy young Upper parts, black, mottled with rufous and sandy 

 buff; black lines on forehead and lores; forehead, eyebrow, 

 back of head, and lower parts, white. 



Measurements Length, 8.50 inches; wing, 5.75 inches; tail, 2.50 

 inches; culmen, .75 inch; tarsus, 1.35 inches. 



Eggs Two to three ; grayish buff, spotted with brown and gray ; 

 measure i. 60 by 1.15 inches. 



Habitat Breeds in the Alps and the mountains of Great Britain 

 and southern Russia to Scandinavia, and through Siberia, except 

 the southeastern part, to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla. Win- 

 ters in southern Europe and northern Africa. Accidental in 

 Japan, and one taken on King Island, Alaska, July 23, 1897. 



Though chiefly confined in the breeding sea- 

 son to the northern parts of northern Eurasia, 

 a few still breed on the mountains of the Eng- 



