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here and there with elegant variegated tranfverfe bars of the fame 

 colour : the wings are fafciated and powdered ; the firft of the 

 prime quills ferrated on the outer edge, fome of them fpotted 

 with white on the outer edges ; tips black : the tail and wings 

 are equal in length : the tail is rounded at the end, of the fame 

 colour with the body, and obfoletely fafciated with white : the 

 fhins are feathered, and marked with undulated ftriae, as the reft 

 of the body, the toes only being naked, which are of a pale co- 

 lour : the claws brown. — So far Pallas's general defcription. 



The fpecimen I allude to in the Leverian Mufeum, I am pretty 

 clear, is the fame bird above defcribed, but it is only fix inches 

 in length. In this the whole plumage is very foft and delicate, 

 imitating that of the Wry-neck. It is delicately powdered, as 

 Pallas exprefies it to be, with ferruginous and black, but about 

 the fides of the neck the whole has a ferruginous tinge : tail of 

 a dark brown, barred with ferruginous and grey : the ears are 

 full an inch long, of the fame delicate mixture of colour with 

 the body, and appear to confift of more feathers than one * : 

 the wings feem to be a trifle longer than the tail ; but, as the 

 specimen is a dried one, it is probable this circumftance may 

 have been occafioned by the operator who put it in attitude. 

 This came from Gibraltar, but whether native there or not was 

 not certain. 



According to Dr. Pallas, this bird inhabits the more fouthern Place. 



parts of the Volga, Samara, and Jaick ; he fays likewife that it is 

 often found about inhabited places, as well as in woods. In the 

 Peterjburgh Tranfatlions, it is faid to be found near that city. 



* This circumftance could not be afcertained, the bird being fixed in a glazed 

 cafe. The defcription in the Peterjb. Tranfac. fays they are ten in number. 



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