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slightly tinged with the same; the dark parts of the abdomen are 

 less deep than in spring. 



The female resembles the male in winter plumage. 



The young of the year have the primaries and tail quills tipped 

 with grey, and the colours above and below less pure than in the 

 adult. After the first moult the two sexes and the young are alike 

 in plumage. 



My figure is taken from a skin in autumn plumage, killed at 

 Geneva, and kindly sent me by Mr. Tristram. The egg is from a 

 specimen sent me by Dr. Crowfoot, of Beccles, who obtained it from 

 Switzerland. It is a good example of the more spotted specimens. 



The bird has been also figured by Buffon, pi. enl. 372, fig. 1 male 

 in spring, fig. 2 male in autumn, given as the female. Roux, Ornith. 

 Prov., pi. 238; Bouteille, Ornith. du Dauph., pi. 37, f. 4; Naumann, 

 Vogel Deutschlands, pi. 141, male in summer and winter plumage; 

 Gould, B. of E., pi. 239; Dresser, B. of E. 



