48 BOCK SPABBOW. 



The male in autumn has the general tints browner; the black 

 spots and the whitish ones above larger; the scapularies, wing coverts, 

 and. primaries tipped with whitish; the under parts with the longi- 

 tudinal brown spots larger and darker. 



The female differs very little from the male; the yellow mark on 

 the neck is not so distinct, and all the other colours less lively. 



The young before the first moult resemble the female, without the 

 yellow mark on the neck. Degland says this mark is lost in confinement. 



My figure of this bird is from a specimen kindly sent me by Mr. 

 Tristram, marked "Bethlehem, 31st. March, 1850." The egg is from 

 my own collection. It was ' taken in the Basse Alps, and is marked 

 "Barcollonetta." It was sent to me by Dr. Mevcs of Stockholm. 



The bird has also been figured by Buffbn, pi. enl. 225, under the 

 name of 3foineau de hois ou Soulcie; Eoux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 75 and 

 76, (male and female;) Naumann, Vogel Deutsch, pi. 116, (male and 

 female;) Bouteille, Ornith. du Dauph, pi. oo, f. 1, but not a good 

 figure; Gould, B. of E., pi. 186. 



