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Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 241 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 38. fig. 14, taf. 39. fig. 11 ; 

 Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. tafs. 186, 187 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 43. figs. 1, 2 ; 

 Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 329; id. B. of G. Brit. iv. pis. 69, 70; Audub. B. of Am. pi. 332; 

 Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 56. fig. 2. 



6 ad. ptil. ast. pileo nigro, rufescenti-ochraceo et ochraceo-cinereo notato : nucha, collo postico et colli late- 

 ribus albis nigro-fusco striatis : dorso et scapularibus nigris, marginibus plumarum ferrugineis : 

 uropygio et supracaudalibus nigris vix cinereo marginatis : remigibus nigro- cinereis, scapis albis: 

 tectricibus alarum pallidioribus et pallide cinereo marginatis : cauda cinerea, rectricibus binis centra- 

 libus longioribus acuminatis, nigro-cinereis : subtus albus, gutture et pectore superiore nigro-fusco 

 striatis, pectore imo et abdomine superiore nigris : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride fusca. 



2 ad. mari similis sed major, corpore supra magis ferrugineo notato, uropygio et supracaudalibus grisescen- 

 tioribus et plaga nigra in corpore subtus minore. 



Ad. ptil. Mem. pileo, nucha, dorso et scapularibus cinereis indistincte brunneo tinctis, plumis centraliter nigro- 

 fuscis : uropygio nigro, plumis conspicue cinereo marginatis : supracaudalibus nigris, vix cinereo mar- 

 ginatis : alis et cauda ut in ptilosi sestivali sed clarioribus : corpore subtus albo, gutture vix griseo- 

 fusco striato : colli lateribus griseo-albis, pallide fusco-striatis. 



Adult Male in summer (Pagham, 11th July). Crown black varied with rusty yellow and yellowish grey; a 

 light stripe passes over the eye ; nape, hind neck, and sides of the neck white streaked with blackish 

 grey ; back and scapulars deep black, the feathers more or less broadly margined with rust-red or rusty 

 yellowish ; rump and upper tail-coverts black, with narrow greyish margins ; quills blackish grey, the 

 shafts white ; the wing-coverts paler and with light-ashy margins ; the central rectrices rather elongated 

 beyond the rest, the remaining tail-feathers dull ashy grey ; chin white ; throat and upper breast white 

 with broad black stripes and dashes, a broad black patch covers the lower breast, extending down onto 

 the abdomen ; rest of the underparts white ; bill and legs black ; iris dark brown. Total length about 

 7 - 5 inches, culmen l - 3, wing 4 - 4, tail 2"0, tarsus TO. 



Adult Female (Oland, 25th July) . Differs from the male in being somewhat larger in size, the upper parts 

 are more varied with rufous, the rump and upper tail-coverts are greyer, the throat is marked with 

 rather narrower streaks. In the present specimen the patch on the breast is fully as large and as black 

 as in any of the other males I possess ; but, as a rule, it is rather smaller in the female than in the 

 male. Culmen 1-5, wing 4 - 55, tail 2 - l, tarsus TO. 



Adult in winter (Pagham, 12th February). Crown, neck, back, and scapulars ashy grey with a faint brownish 

 tinge, most of the feathers with darker centres ; rump blackish, the feathers broadly margined with 

 ashy grey ; upper tail-coverts black with very narrow greyish edgings ; wings and tail as in the summer 

 dress, but clearer-coloured ; underparts white, on the lower throat slightly striated with dark brownish 

 grey; sides of the neck greyish white striated with brownish. 



Young of the year (Rye, Sussex, 8th September). Crown blackish brown slightly varied with rufous, 

 becoming dull reddish brown on the sides ; hind neck and sides of the neck and face brownish buff with 

 dull blackish streaks; back and scapulars blackish, the feathers margined with dull rufous and yellowish 

 white, the scapulars more broadly edged with the latter colour; wings as in the adult, but duller, the 

 wing-coverts tinged with brown and edged with warm buff; tail as in the adult; throat and upper 



