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^ttitt,?^' _ La Mefan^e a Ceinture blanche, Buf. otf. v. p. 44.6. 



SIBIRIAN T. & , _„ . „, ' / 



• — — de biberie, PL eat. 70S. f. 3. 



Description. T ENGTH five inches. Bill half an inch, and blackifhi 

 the chin, throat, and as far as the bread, black : top of the 

 head, and all above the eye, greyifh brown : from the bill a 

 ftreak of white pafJes beneath the eye, after which it widens, 

 and occupying each fide of the neck, pafTes forward on the 

 breafl beneath the black : from this to the vent the colour is 

 rufous grey : the wings and tail cinereous brown : quills edged 

 with rufous grey : the tail is above an inch and three quarters in 

 length, a little wedge-Ihaped ; the outer feather bordered with. 

 rufous grey : bill and legs blackiftu 

 Place. Inhabits Sibir.ia*. 



.. 2 3- , Lev Muf* 



Var. A. 



)sscription, T ENGTH five inches and a half. Bill black: upper pare 



of the plumage pale brownifh afh-colour : forehead and 



under parts white : down the middle of the throat and breafl: 



black : quills duiky, with hoary margins : the tail two inches 



and a half in length ; plain dufky : legs black. 



This differs from the laft in the length of tail, as well as in 

 the chin and throat ; the black on which is not fo broad, nor is 

 the white which borders it fo confpicuous : the belly alio has no 

 rufous tinge. 



This was brought home in our laft circumnavigating fhips, 

 but from whence uncertain. 



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