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on the tip of the inner web of the second feather; the rest of the tail 

 feathers are black brown. When fresh the upper part of the beak 

 was dark horn-colour; the under mandible at the point the same, 'but 

 at its root light yellow; iris, dark chesnut brown; tarsus and toes 

 brighter than iris, but the soles of the feet orange yellow." 



The adult male sent to me by Mr. Newton, and marked "Nyborg, 

 July 3-4, 1855, J. "W. & N.," agrees in the main with the above 

 description. It has however partly lost the rust-red on the cheeks, 

 and the crop and flanks are more spotted. The feathers of the back, 

 head, and nape are dark blackish brown, bordered with greenish grey, 

 lighter on the head and nape; upper part of tail dark brown; under- 

 neath the throat and part of the cheeks and crop russet red, with a 

 circlet of longitudinal dark spots on the crop. The abdomen, flanks, 

 and under tail coverts creamy white, with a tinge of russet, the 

 flanks being thickly covered with long longitudinal brown spots. 

 Wings and tail underneath glossy mud-brown; tarsi and toes yellowish 

 brown. The four first primaries of nearly equal length, the fourth 

 shortest; tertials very long, the longest going beyond the end of the 

 primaries. Upper and lower wing coverts, as well as tertials, broadly 

 bordered with light yellowish or creamy white. The tail is emarginate, 

 dark brown above, and earthy brown below; first lateral quill white, 

 with a dusky patch on lower half of inner web; second quill brown, 

 with a triangular white patch at the tip, exactly like the drawing of 

 these two feathers given by Middendorff. 



The female is half an inch less in length, and has the upper 

 plumage precisely the same as the male; below the russet is confined 

 to the throat and cheeks, while the front of the neck and crop are 

 thickly covered with rich brown longitudinal patches and spots, con- 

 trasting with the rich cream-coloured ground of the under parts; the 

 under tail coverts have the light yellow russet or cream-colour more 

 pronounced than the abdomen; upper mandible and anterior half of 

 lower dark brown; basal half of lower mandible yellowish; tarsi 

 yellowish; feet darker. 



My figure of this bird is taken from a specimen kindly sent me 

 by Professor Newton. I have two sets of eggs from two different 

 nests in my collection, sent to me by Dr. Meves, of Stockholm, and 

 as the egg figured in the first edition was a dark specimen, I figure 

 one of the above to show the limits of variation. 



Figured also by Middendorff, Sibirische Reise, vol. ii.; Gould, B. 

 of E., pi. 140; Dubois, Ois. de la Belgique, liv. 51, pi. 97 — a; Naumann, 

 vol. iii., pi. 85, fig. 4. 



Since the first edition two specimens of this bird have been captured 



