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should the season be severe, the larger portion leave to seek a more congenial climate. During 
this season of the year it feeds also on seeds as well as insect food. 
The specimens figured are—to the right an adult bird in full breeding-plumage from 
Southern France, and to the left also an adult bird, but in full winter-plumage, from Greece, 
these being the specimens described ; and both are in my collection. 
In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens :— 
| H Mus. H. EH. Dresser. 
a, 2. Leiden, Holland, October 10th, 1820 (Sala). 6. France, June 1851 (Fraser). c, g. Piedmont, 
January Ist, 1869. d. Switzerland (H. Ff. Méschler). e, f. Posen, winter-plumage, March 20th, 1867 
(Dr. Kutter). g, 3. Macedonia, November 9th, 1869 (Dr. Kriiper). h, 3. Khathane, Turkey, May 4th, 
1869 (Robson). i, 3,7, 2. Lake Baikal, Siberia, March 1869. &. Darasun, Dauria (Dr. Dybowski). 
E Mus. Howard Saunders. 
a, b, 3, c,d, 2. Malaga, Spain, November and December. 
E Mus. Ind. Calc. 
a, 6. South Persia (St. John). 6, 3. Abadeh, 6000 feet elevation, July 1869. c, 9. Dizak, Baluchistan, 
4000 feet elevation, March 24th, 1872 (W. T. Blanford). d, 9. Dizak, Baluchistan, March 22nd, 1872 
(W. T. Blanford). e, 3. Kalagan, Baluchistan, March 12th, 1872 (W. T. Blanford). jf, d. Mashkid 
river, near Isfondak, Baluchistan, March 9th, 1872 (W. 7. Blanford). g, 3. Near Kalagan, Baluchistan, 
March 19th, 1872, 4000 feet elevation (W. T. Blanford). 
E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 
a, d. Jericho, January Ist, 1864 (H. B. Tristram). 6, 3. Laghouat, November 14th, 1856 (H. B. Tristram). 
c. Etawah, November 14th, 1870 (W. E. Brooks). d, 2. Beema, January 20th, 1871 (W. E. Brooks). 
e, 2. Beema, January 20th, 1871 (W. E. Brooks). f, 2. Utchulda Jheel, January 14th, 1871 (W. EH. 
Brooks). g, 6. Beema, January 20th, 1871. h, d. Egypt, Fayoom, April 3rd, 1871 (G. H. Shelley). 
EL Mus. G. Dawson Rowley. 
a. Outskirts of Brighton, October 26th, 1868 (G. D. R.). 
