342 



Figurce notabiles. 



Leisler, torn. cit. pi. 19 (fide Naumann); Werner, Atlas, Granivores, pi. 8; Naumann, Vog. 

 Deutschl. pi. 98. fig. 2 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 163 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. pi. 16. fig. 9. 



c? ad. supra fulvescenti-arenarius, plumis omnibus medialiter nigricante brunneo notatis : pileo paullo satura- 

 tiore et vix rufescente lavato : remigibus nigricanti-fumosis, primario primo in pogonio externo cervino, 

 reliquis vix cervino marginatis: secundariis et tectricibus alarum superioribus nigricanti-brunneis, 

 rufescente cervino marginatis : cauda brunnescenti-nigra, rectricibus centralibus conspicue rufescente 

 brunneo marginatis, extimis albis, in pogonio interno area, magna, longitudinali fuliginoso-nigricante, 

 sequentibus in pogonio externo cervino marginatis : subtus albus, pectore et hypockondriis rufescente 

 cervino adumbratis : facie laterali et regione parotica. brunneo notatis : superciliis albicantibus : pectore 

 laterali nigricante brunneo notato : rostro pallide corneo : pedibus pallide brunneis : iride brunnea. 



Adult Male (Turkey). Upper parts sandy grey, the centre of the feathers blackish brown, giving a striated 

 appearance, crown rather darker than the back, and slightly inclining towards rufous in tinge : quills 

 blackish brown, the outer web of the first primary dull isabelline, or rufous buff ; secondaries narrowly 

 margined and tipped with isabelline, the inner secondaries very dark in the centre, elongated, nearly 

 reaching to the tip of the wing; wing-coverts dark brown, margined with rufous buff; tail blackish 

 brown, the central feathers broadly margined with rufous buff; the outermost on each side white on 

 the outer web, this colour extending over half the inner weh, the next in order having the outer web 

 margined with creamy white, upper tail-coverts dull sandy brown ; underparts generally white, washed 

 with buff on the breast ; sides of head marked with blackish brown, auriculars dark brown ; a creamy 

 white stripe extending over and behind the eye; on each side of the upper part of the breast an 

 irregular blackish brown patch; flanks washed with buff; bill dull horn-brown; legs pale brown. 

 Total length 5| inches, culmen - 5, wing 3-7, tail 225, tarsus 0"85. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young (Baalbec, June 14th, 1864). Upper parts variegated with light reddish brown, black, and white, the 

 feathers being light reddish brown at the base, then black, and finally tipped with white; quills 

 blackish brown, edged and tipped with dull creamy yellow; elongated inner secondaries having a 

 purplish gloss, and being broadly margined with rufous buff; tail as in the adult, but tipped with pale 

 buff, the central feathers dull rufous brown, indistinctly banded with dark brown, outer tail-feathers 

 whiter than in the adult ; underparts as in the adult, but duller. 



Obs. As this species has been described from so many localities it may be well to give a short review of 

 the specimens I have examined, in order to show the variations to which it is liable. From Germany 

 I possess no specimens, so commence with 



France. A specimen kindly lent to me by Professor Peters, of the Berlin Museum, agrees with skins from 

 Turkey, Egypt, and the Crimea, as also with the duller-coloured specimens from Portugal. Two birds, how- 

 ever, from the Basses- Alpes are, again, more rufous, and agree generally with the specimen I myself obtained 

 at Barcelona, in Spain. They are, however, small. 



Spain. Specimens from here agree generally with those from Portugal, excepting that they are a trifle 

 duller and greyer in colour. 



Portugal. Thanks to Mr. W. Schliiter I am enabled to examine six specimens collected in this country 

 by our friend Dr. E. Rey in April and May 1869. All these specimens have a tendency to become rufous on 

 the head and breast, and in coloration range from the ordinary average of the French specimens to nearly as 



