remigibus nigro-fusco terminatis : cauda grisescenti-brunnea fasciis quatuor saturate fascis transfas- 

 ciatjl : corpore subtus albo, pectoris lateribus fusco notatis et hypochondriis vix eodem colore notatis : 

 alis subtus grisescenti-albidis fusco fasciatis : rostro nigricanti-corneo, cera nigricante, ad basiu flavida : 

 iride et pedibus flavis, unguibus brunnescenti-nigris. 



2 ad. pileo et nucha, saturate chocolatino-fuscis, plumis ad basiu albis et pallide rufesceute bruuneo margi- 

 natis, loris et regione ophthalmica brunneseenti-cinereis, regione parotica rufescenti-brunnea plumis 

 nigro fusco striatis : corpore supra saturate chocolatino-fusco, dorso vix purpurasceute metallico 

 uitente : alis et cauda ut in mare picturatis sed saturatioribus : gula albicanti-cervina fusco striata : 

 corpore subtus saturate fusco, albo et albicante cervino notato. 



c? jun. adulto similis, sed corpore subtus conspicue rufescente brunneo notato, pectore fere toto brunneo. 



Juv. chocolatino-fuscus, supra saturatior, capitis colli et gutturis plumis centraliter nigro-fusco striatis, corpore 

 imo subtus pallidiore : remigibus nigro fuscis, secundariis vix pallidioribus et pallide brunneo apicatis : 

 cauda sordide brunnea indistincte fasciata, versus apicem saturatiore et albido apicata. 



Very old Male (Djurgarden, Stockholm, 3rd July). Crown and sides of tbe bead pale asby blue, becoming 

 brownish on the nape, upper parts dark earth-brown, slightly tinged with grey on the back; wings 

 brown, all the quills broadly terminated with dark (almost blackish) brown ; under surface of the wing 

 greyish white, barred with dark brown; tail greyish brown, with four broad dark brown bands, the 

 intervening spaces being indistinctly and narrowly barred with lighter brown ; underparts white ; sides 

 of the breast blotched with brown, and one or two brown markings on the flanks ; bill blackish horn, 

 cere blackish, except that at the base it is yellowish, and the edge of the gape is also yellow; iris 

 yellow; legs yellow; claws brownish black. Total length about 20 inches, culmen T35, wing 15 '8, 

 tail ll'O, tarsus 2 - 0. 



Adult Male (Altenkirchen) . Resembles the above, but has the underparts tolerably thickly marked with 

 brown, the breast being most strongly coloured. 



Young Male (Sarepta, September). Upper parts chocolate-brown, almost uniform in colour, except that on 

 the head and neck there is a central blackish brown stripe along every feather ; quills blackish brown ; 

 secondaries rather lighter, and with indistinct light tips ; tail dull brown, with indistinct darker bars, 

 darker towards the tip, and finally tipped with white ; entire underparts chocolate-brown, darker on the 

 throat and breast and lighter towards the lower abdomen ; feathers on the sides of the face, throat, and 

 breast with blackish brown central lines, the rest of the underparts being uniform in colour. 



Young Male (Horning, Norfolk, September 1841) . Head and neck white, slightly marked on the crown, 

 nape, sides of the head, round the eye, and auriculars with brown ; upper parts dark brown, varied with 

 white, the quills being slightly tipped with white ; tail as in the adult ; underparts white, the feathers 

 on the breast marked with narrow central shaft-stripes. 



Adult Female (Altenkirchen, Rhenish Prussia, September) . Crown and nape deep brown, the feathers being 

 white at the base and edged with light reddish brown ; lores and region round the eye brownish ashy 

 grey ; auriculars reddish brown, striped with dark brown ; upper parts deep brown, with a chocolate 

 tinge, the back glossed with metallic purple ; wings and tail as in the male, but a little darker ; throat 

 bufly white, striped with deep brown ; rest of the underparts white, so broadly barred with deep brown 

 as to give the appearance of being dark brown marked here and there with white or bufly white. 



