168 WILLOW BUNTING. 



brown, edged with rufous; the outermost tail feathers only have a 

 slight white patch on the inner web; beak brown above, yellow below; 

 feet brown. 



According to Degland the female has the vertex and crop maroon; 

 nape and mantle dull brown with longitudinal black spots; face blackish 

 grey; the maroon band on the neck very narrow; flanks shaded with 

 olive, and marked with large brown spots; the feathers about the 

 carpus whitish grey. 



My figure is taken from a Siberian specimen sent to me by the Rev. 

 H. B. Tristram. It has also been figured by Gould, and Mr. Dresser, 

 B. of E. 



The two figures of the egg are — that on the left hand, from one 

 sent to me by Dr. Meves, of Stockholm; that on the right was sent 

 to me by the late Herr Seidensacher, it was taken by Herr HofFmanseg. 

 Both were found in the neighbourhood of Archangel. 



