GREY PHALAEOPE. 107 



In the intermediate stages of plumage between that of the 

 summer and that assumed in the winter, this bird, always 

 pretty, is then particularly so the red and grey liveries more 

 or less predominating. There are divers varieties partaking 

 more or less of the character of the one or the other, according 

 to the season ; 'tjuas nunc pnescribere longum,' 



