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white, with two large black spots on each side of the neck, forming 

 a kind of half-collar, and separating the white throat from the rnsset 

 and brown spots, with which the crop is mottled. Wing primaries 

 blackish brown, the outer web very lightly bordered with white; 

 the secondaries broadly tipped with that colour; under wing coverts 

 and under part of primaries uniform blackish brown, relieved by 

 the white shaft of the first quill, and the white tips of the second- 

 aries. Two upper tail feathers brown, bordered with lighter, the 

 two laterals white, the rest rich dark brown tipped slightly with 

 white; beak yellowish below and on the sides, dark brown along the 

 upper ridge; feet yellowish brown; iris grey. 



According to Degland, in the male after moult, or in autumn, 

 the feathers above are darker in the centre, and their borders more 

 russet. The plumage of the female resembles that of the male in 

 autumn, but the head and beak are smaller, and the demi-collar in 

 the neck is narrower. 



The young after the first moult have the plumage darker than 

 adults, the upper feathers and those of the crop bordered with 

 whitish; beak and feet yellowish. 



Accidental varieties have been found white, spotted with white, 

 grey, or black, and others of an isabel colour. 



My figure of this bird is from a male specimen sent me by Mr. 

 Tristram, shot at Berronghina, May 28th., 1856. I have also 

 selected for illustration two eggs from a series sent me by the same 

 gentleman. I have a large series, about thirty, of the eggs of this 

 bird in my collection. They were taken in South Russia, which is 

 the great breeding country of this species. It is not, however, 

 necessary to change Canon Tristram's specimens as figured in the 

 first edition. 



This bird has also been figured by BufFon, pi. enl. 363, f. 2; P. 

 Roux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 185, f. 1 adult, f. 2 head of young; Gould, 

 B. of E., pi. 161; Bouteille, Ornith. du Dauph., pi. 30, f. 3; Vieillot, 

 Faun. Franc, pi. 76, f. 1; Naumann, Naturg. Neue. Ausg., pi 98, f. 

 1; Edwards, pi. 268; Dubois, Ois. de la Belg., part 61, pi. 102; Dresser, 

 B. of E. 



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