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of an asliy colour, rnmiiug into bluish; back and scapularics brown, 

 shaded with russet on the borders of the feathers; upper tail coverts 

 partly white and partly black, with their edges russet; the inferior 

 parts are white, washed with ash on the crop and neck, with a large 

 black spot on the throat; abdomen white; under tail coverts white, 

 with some brown spots at their extremity. Wings black, with a large 

 white longitudinal band formed by the' wing coverts and the greatest 

 part of the secondary quills; the primaries bordered on the outside, 

 and tipped with russet grey; the two middle tail feathers black, bor- 

 dered with russet grey; the others white, tipped with a slight black 

 spot bordered with russet; the most external feather on each side 

 entirely white; beak black; feet and iris brown. 



In autumn the colours of the male are browner above, the black 

 mark on the neck less extended, and the borders of the feathers which 

 form it ashy; beak yellowish, and the feet of a darker brown. 



The female does not differ from the male, except by the ash-coloured 

 head, which runs into russet, and the absence of the black mark on 

 the neck. 



The young before their first moult are above and on the sides of 

 the head and nape of an ashy brown, with the feathers broadly bor- 

 dered with russet; back and scapularies brown, with the feathers 

 bordered with red; front and sides of the neck ashy white; crop, 

 abdomen, and under tail coverts of a russet white; the white feathers 

 of the wings and tail washed with an ochreous red on their borders ; 

 the black feathers of the same parts bordered and tipped with russet; 

 beak saffron yellow; feet russet brown. — (Degland.) 



The egg is from my own collection. It was taken on St. Gothard, 

 June 20th., 1867, and sent to me by Dr. Moves, of Stockholm. 



Figured also by Buffon, Brisson, Wilson, Temminck, etc. By Roux, 

 Ornith. Prov., pi. 89, (male in winter plumage;) Bouteille, Ornith. du 

 Dauph., pi. 35, fig. 1; Naumann, Vogel Deutschlands, pi. 117; Gould, 

 B. of E., pi. 189. 



