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colorata sed pennis latius rufo limbatis et albido terminates : subtus fulvescenti-alba, gula, laterali et 

 gutture antico nigricante notatis, lateribus fulvescenti-brunneo lavatis et brunneo distincte striolatis. 



Juv. ochrascenti-brunneus, dorsi plumis medialiter nigris vix rufescente lavatis : vertice medio, supercilio et 

 collo postico clariiis ochrascentibus : facie laterali ochrascenti-brunnea, regione parotica, nigricante, 

 genis albicantibus : ala ut in ptilosi adulta hiemalL colorata : subtus fulvescenti-albus, pectore superiore 

 et corporis lateribus brunnescente lavatis, medialiter brunneo striolatis. 



Adult Male (Dovre, Norway, June). Head glossy black; from behind the eye to the lower part of the neck 

 a broad white streak which passes down and joins the white on the breast; lower part of the neck and 

 fore part of the back rich chestnut-red, forming a broad collar; back black, streaked with yellowish 

 brown, each feather being edged with that colour, those on the rump and the upper tail-coverts being 

 more broadly edged with dull buff; quills blackish brown, edged with buff on the outer web, the 

 secondaries edged with rufous and tipped with dull white ; the wing-coverts broadly edged with rufous ; 

 tail blackish brown, edged with buff, the outermost feather on each side, with the outer web, and a 

 large mark on the inner web towards the tip, pure white, the next feather being marked with white at 

 the tip of the inner web ; throat, lores, sides of the head below the eye and to fore part of the breast, 

 glossy black, some of the feathers, however, having white edges ; sides of the breast white, this colour 

 joining the streak which passes from behind the eye ; flanks marked with black, rest of the underparts 

 pure white, the under wing-coverts being slightly marked with grey ; bill yellow, black at the tip ; legs 

 black; iris brown. Total length 6 - 2 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 3'75, tail 2"6, tarsus O8o, hind toe with 

 claw 0-85. 



Adult Female (Dovre, Norway, June) . Back, wings, and tail the same as in the male, but more broadly 

 edged with light brown, the rufous edgings on the secondaries and wing-coverts being much lighter 

 and broader; crown black, marked with sandy yellow, a broad mark from the eye to the edge of the 

 chestnut collar dirty buff, throat and sides of head dull buff, marked with black ; lower part of the 

 throat and chest black, marked with buff, each feather being tipped with that colour ; flanks streaked 

 with blackish brown and rufous ; underparts otherwise as in the male ; the chestnut collar duller in 

 colour than in the male, and marked here and there with black ; beak dull yellowish horn, tip blackish ; 

 legs black ; iris brown. 



Adult Male in autumn. Head blackish brown, marked with dull rufous, the chestnut collar very obscure, 

 the feathers being edged with buff; back and wings having the feathers also broadly margined with 

 rufous ; throat and fore part of the chest, which in the summer plumage are black, having the feathers 

 margined with buff, those on the throat so much so as almost to hide the black ; sides of the head dull 

 pale rufous ; underparts generally dull white, the flanks being streaked with blackish brown and rufous, 

 each feather having a dark centre, and being broadly margined with buff and rufous. 



Young of the year (Plaistow Marshes, 4th October, 1871) . Head, back, and upper parts generally similar to 

 the male in autumn, but paler, especially on the head and back ; and the only trace of the chestnut 

 collar is that the feathers are there somewhat lighter and inclined to rufous ; throat, sides of head, and 

 underparts generally dull white, the auricnlars and region round the eye marked with dull brown ; on 

 each side of the throat an indistinct blackish streak, and on the lower part of the throat a few rufous 

 markings, and the black bases of the feathers showing through here and there ; bill deep ruddy flesh- 

 colour, black at tip. 



A still younger bird, a female, procured at Fort Simpson, Arctic America, on the 10th of September, 1860, 

 and sent to us by Dr. Elliott Coues, is lighter-coloured than the British specimen, has the feathers on 



