UNCOMMON VARIETIES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 1 1 



Dmilias luscinia. — 1, pure ^vllite variety. 



Phylloscojms sibilatrix. — 1, white, with a slight tinge of yellow 

 on the wings. 



P. trochilus. — 1, white variety. 



Troglodytes parvulus. — 1, white wings and white markings on 

 the head. 



Motacilla luguhris. — 1, adult ; 2 and 3, nestlings ; all white. 



M. Rail. — 1, cream-coloured. 



Alauda arvensis. — 1, white variety ; 2, very dark melanism ; 

 3 — 10, pied and sandy-coloured varieties. 



A. arborea. — 1, pied on the back and head. 



Otocorys cdpestris. — 1, sandy-coloured variety. 



Emheriza miliaria. — 1, cream-coloured ; 2 — 4, more or less 

 pied. 



E. schoenicclus. — 1 and 2, cream, with sandy markings. 



E. citrinella. — 1 and 2, cinnamon-colour ; 3, cream-coloured ; 



4, white bars on the wings. 



Fringilla coelebs. — 1, cream-coloured, showing the markings 

 in pale drab ; 2, smoke-coloured ; 3, pied ; 4, a very pale variety ; 



5, 6 and 7, light-coloured varieties. 



Clirysomitris spimis. — 1, grey variety. 



Linota cannahina. — 1 and 2, pure white ; 3, pied ; 4, nearly 

 white, with brown feathers in the wings ; 5, a melanism with 

 white feathers on the back. 



L. rtifescens. — Two pure white. 



Passer montanus.— l, light variety, with a few white feathers 

 on the back, head, and wings. 



P. domesticiis. — 1 — 5, white varieties ; 6 — 20, pied, cream- 

 coloured, and chestnut varieties. 



Ligiuinus chloris. — 1 and 2, yellow-green; 3, yellow, with 

 green wings ; 4, wings and head yellow. 



PyrrJmla europcea. — 1, melanism ; 2, a nestling of a cin- 

 namon-colour having very pink eyes ; 3, black, with white 

 flight-feathers ; 4, French-grey wings and back, rose breast 

 normal ; a semidiaphanous-feathered bird. 



Sturmts vidgaris. — 1 — 3, white varieties ; 4 — 11, sandy and 

 pied varieties. 



Corvus corone. — 1, brown, with blotches of liver-colour. 



C. comix. — 1, grey markings on the back, wings, and tail. 



C.frugilegus. — 1, grey ; 2, pied. 



