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been ascertained where it retires to breed, but from its line 
of migration, the summer retreat will probably be found in 
the north-eastern parts of Europe, and in Northern Asia. 
Fig. 3. Represents the adult bird in summer plumage. 
Forehead, eye-streak, chin, throat, abdomen, vent, under 
and side coverts of the tail, pure white. Crown of the 
head blackish-brown, the feathers being margined with 
pale reddish-brown. Nape of the neck ash-grey. 
Breast-feathers spotted with hair-brown, and margined 
with yellowish-brown. Back, scapulars, and_ tertials 
deep hair-brown, the feathers being margined with red- 
dish-brown and yellowish-white. Lesser coverts, near 
the ridge of the wings, plain hair-brown, the rest edged 
with reddish-brown and yellowish-white. Quills deep 
hair-brown, with white shafts. Tail doubly forked, the 
two middle feathers deep hair-brown, with reddish-white 
edges; the others pale hair-brown, faintly edged with 
white. Tarsus seven-eighths of an inch long. Legs 
and toes blackish-grey. 
Fig. 4. Is the young of this species ;—in which state it 
very closely resembles the immature bird of: the prece- 
ding one. The eye-streak is, however, more distinct, 
and the breast more inclined to pale yellowish-brown. 
The dark zone which encircles each feather in the upper 
General 
descrip- 
tion. 
Adult 
bird. 
Young 
bird. 
parts of the body is also more defined and intense in co- | 
lour, giving a spotted appearance. The comparative 
length of the tarsus, as in the adult, is of itself sufficient 
to distinguish it from 7’. Temminckii. 
