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brunnea, genis posticis et collo laterali albicanti-cineraceis minute nigricanti-brunneo striolatis : gutture 

 ochrascenti-albo, immaculate, collo imo minute nigricanti-brunneo notato : corpore reliquo subtus 

 sericeo-albo, minutissime et irregulariter brunneo punctato : abdomine cinerascenti-brunneo trans- 

 fasciato : collo laterali et corporis lateribus conspicue brunneo et fulvescente transfasciatis : alis ut in 

 ptilosi hiemali coloratis, sed secundariis elongatis dorso concoloribus. 



2 ad. praecedenti similis, sed supra marmorata, plumis omnibus fulvo limbatis et irregulariter maculatis : 

 alis cinerascenti-brunneis, primariis ut in mare coloratis : tectricibus alarum fulvo limbatis, majoribus 

 minus conspicue albo terminatis, secundariis rufescente lavatis et albido terminatis : rectricibus brunneis 

 fulvo marginatis et irregulariter fasciatis : pileo colloque totis rufescenti-brunneis, vertice latius : facie 

 laterali et collo inferiore angustius nigricanti-brunneo striolatis : corpore reliquo subtus fulvescenti- 

 albo, brunneo indistincte striolato, corporis lateribus magis conspicue marmoratis. 



Adult Male in spring plumage. Crown and nape dark umber-brown, each feather margined with lighter 

 brown ; chin, face, sides of the head, and fore part of the neck dull reddish brown, the sides of the 

 latter having purplish red reflections ; back of the neck blackish brown, with greenish reflections ; on 

 each side of the neck a broad white line, running from the nape downwards, and joining the white 

 on the breast; lower part of the neck behind and back white, marked with transverse black lines; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts dirty white, barred and marbled with dull brown ; the two central tail- 

 feathers much elongated, and narrowing off to a point, being blackish brown in colour, the next in 

 order similarly coloured, also somewhat elongated and pointed; the outer feathers dark grey, margined 

 with dull white ; quills dull grey, greyish brown on the outer web and tip ; secondaries broadly tipped 

 with white, and having the outer web rich metallic green, forming a conspicuous alar patch, elongated 

 inner secondaries and scapulars black, margined with white, some of the latter transversely marked at 

 the base like the back ; wing-coverts dove-grey, the larger ones tipped with ferruginous, forming a red 

 bar above the speculum ; underparts white, flanks barred with black like the back, and the abdomen 

 towards the vent indistinctly barred with dull greyish brown; crissum and under tail-coverts black; 

 beak blackish, sides dull lead-blue ; feet greyish black ; iris orange-brown. Total length 2 feet, 

 culmen 2 - 2 inches, wing ll - 2, tail 7"5, tarsus 16. 



Adult Male in summer (Archangel, 31st July). Head, neck, and underparts generally as in the adult female, 

 except that the abdomen is duller in colour and less marked ; back dull dark brown, each feather having 

 one or two irregular dirty white bars, and some being irregularly vermiculated with that colour ; rump 

 washed with grey, tail similar in colour to that in the bird last described, but the two central feathers 

 are but slightly elongated; wings also as in the last-described stage of plumage, but the elongated 

 secondaries and scapulars are shorter and blunter, and in colour dark grey, black along the centre, 

 some of the latter being marked like the back; flanks greyish brown, every feather having broad 

 yellowish- white bars ; under tail-coverts as in the female. 



Adult Female (Hakodadi). Crown and nape reddish brown, each feather having a blackish brown centre, 

 giving a lineated appearance ; rest of the head and neck yellowish white, lineated with dark brown ; 

 back, wing-coverts, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark brown, edged and marked with dirty 

 white, tail dark brown, margined with sandy yellow and crossed with V-shaped bars of yellowish white, 

 the two central feathers being somewhat elongated; quills dusky brown; secondaries washed with 

 rufous, here and there tipped and margined with white ; inner secondaries not much elongated, larger 

 wing-coverts tipped with white ; underparts dirty yellowish white, each feather having the centre dull 

 brown ; flanks and under tail-coverts similar, but rather more broadly marked with brown ; bill and 

 feet slate-grey ; iris brown. 



