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ations than those dependant upon the wearing of the plumage, 

 and the fading of the tints. The above descriptions are 

 from individuals in perfect plumage, not in the smallest degree 

 worn, obtained in May. Many individuals arrive in that 

 state, and must therefore have moulted in their winter resi- 

 dence, while in others the quills and tail are more or less 

 worn. Towards the end of summer, the colour of the upper 

 parts of the male is yellowish brown, tinged with grey; the 

 wings and tail, wood-brown; the lower parts nearly pure white. 

 By the middle of June the female is of a nearly uniform 

 greyish brown above, and the yellow on the fore neck is 

 almost obliterated. The new plumage is completed by the 

 end of September.' 



This species was first noticed as a British one by Mr. 

 Lamb, in the 'Linna3an Transactions.' 



