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  Synonyinij 
  of 
  some 
  Palaarctic 
  Birds. 
  

  

  head 
  whitish 
  red, 
  striped 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  

   nnderparts 
  generally 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  large 
  central 
  chestnut- 
  

   red 
  blotch, 
  oti 
  which 
  the 
  black 
  shaft 
  of 
  the 
  feather 
  shows 
  

   prominently 
  ; 
  some 
  feathers 
  have 
  two 
  blotches 
  — 
  a 
  basal 
  one, 
  

   brown, 
  and 
  a 
  terminal 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  chestnut-red 
  or 
  reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  feather 
  bordering 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  blotches 
  

   light 
  red 
  or 
  sandy 
  yellowish 
  red, 
  becoming 
  paler 
  as 
  the 
  

   feather 
  gets 
  worn 
  ; 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  rufous- 
  

   white 
  portion 
  more 
  extensive, 
  the 
  spots 
  assuming 
  a 
  diagonal 
  

   direction, 
  forming 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  bars 
  on 
  each 
  feather 
  ; 
  under 
  

   tail-coverts 
  pale 
  rufous, 
  with 
  pale 
  chestnut 
  stripes 
  ; 
  wings 
  

   blackish 
  brow^n, 
  the 
  outer 
  web 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   grey, 
  the 
  inner 
  broad 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  web 
  white 
  ; 
  secondaries 
  

   brown 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  web, 
  the 
  inner 
  web 
  also 
  white, 
  with 
  broad 
  

   diagonal 
  bars, 
  the 
  innermost 
  light 
  rufous 
  ; 
  scapulars 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  broad 
  rufous 
  margins 
  ; 
  thigh-feathers 
  dark 
  rufous, 
  with 
  

   black 
  shafts 
  ; 
  tail 
  rich 
  foxy-red 
  ; 
  central 
  rectrices 
  clear 
  

   rufous 
  edged 
  with 
  whitish, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  terminal 
  and 
  two, 
  

   three, 
  or 
  four 
  narrower 
  bars 
  ; 
  external 
  rectrices 
  with 
  the 
  

   outer 
  web 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  tinged 
  with 
  grey 
  or 
  reddish 
  brown; 
  

   the 
  inner 
  web 
  rufous, 
  with 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  brownish-black 
  

   transverse 
  bars 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  feather, 
  the 
  terminal 
  bar 
  much 
  

   wider 
  ; 
  shafts 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  white 
  ; 
  seen 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  

   tail 
  is 
  light 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  tinge, 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   terminal 
  bars 
  being 
  apparent, 
  the 
  others 
  not 
  being 
  visible. 
  

   The 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  characteristic 
  distinc- 
  

   tion, 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  distinguished 
  on 
  the 
  wing. 
  

   Beak 
  black, 
  cere 
  yellowy 
  iris 
  yellow, 
  legs 
  yellow, 
  claws 
  black." 
  

   The 
  habitat 
  given 
  by 
  Bogdanow 
  is 
  " 
  near 
  Lake 
  Azen-am 
  ; 
  

   valley 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  River 
  (Bela), 
  Psekoups 
  and 
  Tybinsk 
  ; 
  

   according 
  to 
  Nordmann, 
  in 
  Abkhasia 
  and 
  Mingrelia; 
  and 
  

   according 
  to 
  Michaloffsky, 
  in 
  Transcaucasia.'^ 
  

  

  