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Ad. ptil. est. corpore supra nigricanti-brunneo, plumis omnibus brunneo marginatis et vix olivaceo tinctis: 
pileo et dorso saturatioribus: uropygio olivascenti-brunneo, vix nigricante brunneo notato: remigibus 
saturaté brunneis, primariis vix albido marginatis, intimis olivaceo lavatis: secundariis intimis et 
tectricibus alarum in pogonio externo conspicué albido marginatis et olivascente brunneo lavatis: cauda 
saturaté brunneda, rectrice extima alba in pogonio interno dimidio basali obliqué nigricanti-brunneo, 
rectrice secundé in pogonio interno ad apicem albido notat&: capite laterali brunneo, nigricante 
brunneo notato: corpore subtis albo: gutture laterali, pectore et hypochondriis nigricante brunneo 
maculatis: rostro nigricanti-brunneo ad basin: mandibula flavicante: pedibus pallidé brunneis: iride 
brunneA. 
Ad. ptil. hiem. preeceilenti similis, sed corpore supra rufescente brunneo lavato, corpore subtus flavicante 
cervino adumbrato, pectore et hypochondriis saturatioribus. ; 
Q haud a mare distinguenda. 
Adult in summer (Pagham, Sussex, 23rd April). Upper parts with the centres of the feathers blackish 
brown, and the margins dull hair-brown with the faintest olive tinge, the margins being narrowest on 
the crown and the interscapulary region; rump almost uniform brown, washed with olivaceous; wings 
dark brown, primaries narrowly edged with dirty white, the inner ones having the margins washed 
with dull olive-green; inner secondaries and wing-coverts broadly margined on the outer web with 
dirty white, and washed with olivaceous-brown ; tail dark brown, the outer rectrix white, excepting an 
oblique broad patch from the base nearly to the tip of the inner web, the next in order with a white 
patch on the inner web at the tip; sides of the head dull brown, marked with blackish brown; under- 
parts white; on the sides of the neck, breast, and flanks profusely marked with rather elongated 
blackish brown spots; beak blackish brown, inclining to yellow at the base of the lower mandible ; 
legs light brown; iris dark brown. Total length about 54-6 inches, culmen 0°6, wing 3:0, tail 2:25, 
tarsus 0°85, hind toe with claw 0:8, hind claw 0°5. 
Adult in winter (Brighton, 12th November). Upper parts rather browner than in the summer-plumage, 
and the underparts washed with yellowish buff, which colour is deeper on the breast and flanks. 
Young. The young bird differs very slightly from the adult, in having the spots on the upper parts and 
breast larger, and the breast and flanks washed with dull reddish buff. 
Female. Is undistinguishable from the male in plumage. 
Ivy Great Britain this is one of our commonest birds, and is very generally distributed throughout 
the country, being a resident, only shifting its habitat somewhat according to the season of the 
year, and in order to seek for better localities to obtain food or shelter. I know of none of our 
counties in England where it is not common; and in Scotland it is met with on the whole of 
of the mainland as well as in the Outer Hebrides and Shetland. Mr. Robert Gray (B. of W. of 
Scotl. p. 115) writes that “the familiar and lively Moss-Cheeper, as this bird is called in Scotland, 
is everywhere common, often appearing in places where bird-life is scarcely looked for. It is 
very abundant in North Uist and Benbecula, and indeed for the greater part of the Long Island, 
extending to the uninhabited rocks and islets far beyond. Even in St. Kilda it may be seen 
frequenting the neighbourhood of the huts of the lonely inhabitants, its feeble notes being at 
certain seasons of the year almost the only sound breaking the silent monotony of their weary 
