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wing coverts, as well as the hind feathers of the wing, are bordered 

 with -a whitish circle; the primaries are marked externally with a whitish 

 border; first very short, second and fifth of same length, the third the 

 longest, very nearly the same length as the fourth. The slender black 

 tail is rounded; the outside feathers entirely white, except at the root, 

 which is blackish; the shafts white. Under parts white, going off into 

 ash grey in the flanks. Bill small and contracted at the sides, curved 

 from the middle and hollowed out at the tip — in colour, horn black, the 

 lower mandible yellow; iris nut brown; superciliary feathers white; the 

 naked eyelids deep cinnamon red; the feet strong and horn yellow. 



The male has the crown of the head velvet black, which extends to 

 the lore and under the eye; auricular orifice grey; cheeks dark ash, 

 with a white band or moustache, which, from the angle of the mouth, 

 extends along the sides of the neck, and encloses the black of the 

 throat; the white of the under parts is delicately tinged with rose-colour. 



The female has the top of the head, throat, and breast, dark ash grey, 

 and the white parts are not tinged with rose. 



In the young the grey of the uj)per part of the body is without 

 spot, and duller; the throat is whitish. 



According to Temminck the black feathers of the head and throat 

 after moulting appear as white plumage, which is by degrees rubbed 

 off. 



The female figure of this bird is by permission taken from Mr. Gould's 

 B. of E. The male is from a specimen kindly lent me by Lord Lilford, 

 and was taken near Smyrna by Dr. Kriiper. 



Figured also by Temminck and Laugier, pi. color. 245, f. 1, (male;) 

 Dresser, B. of E. 



I have~ much pleasure in giving the figure of an authentic egg of 

 this bird, taken for me by Von Heuglin from the only one in the col- 

 lection of the Baron Koenig Von Warthausen. The egg was collected 

 by the well-known Dr. Kriiper in Greece. The Baron says this is the 

 true species, and that the egg figured by Thienemann and other nat- 

 uralists does not belong to this bird. In the first edition I copied 

 Thienemann's figure, having no specimen. I am very happy to make 

 amends here. 



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