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summo cum facie laterali colloque postico obscure brunneo lineatis, illo saturatiore, loris genisque 

 magis albicantibus : remigibus ut in ptilosi sestiva, coloratis, sed magis cinerascentibus et maculis 

 ferrugineis nullis : dorso postico, uropygio et supracaudalibus pure albis, maculis nigris celatis magis 

 conspicuis, bis distincte transfasciatis : rectricibus cinerascenti-brunneis vix fasciatim bruimeo variis, 

 albo bmbatis et conspicue terminatis : gula albicante : gutture toto et pectore superiore pallide 

 cinerascenti-brunneis brunneo obscure variis, hoc fulvescente tincto : corpore reliquo subtus albo, hypo- 

 chondriis et subcaudabbus brunnescente notatis : subalaribus et axillaribus albis brunneo notatis, his 

 irregulariter transfasciatis. 



Av. hornot. supra bruuneus, ubique fulvescente maculatim notatis : pileo summo fulvescenti-brunneo distincte 

 saturatius striolato, collo postico obscure brunneo medialiter lineato : fascia superciliari alba, minute 

 brunneo lineata : facie laterali reliqua fulvescenti-brunnea, lineis parvis brunneis notata et maculata : 

 tectricibus alarum medialiter brunneis, late fulvescenti-albido marginatis : remigibus ut in adultis 

 coloratis, secundariis autem conspicue extus fulvescente maculatis : dorso postico cum uropygio et 

 supracaudalibus albis, maculis brunneis celatis variis : cauda, alba fulvescente lavata et conspicue 

 brunneo transfasciata, : gula, albida : corpore reliquo subtiis pallide fulvescenti-brunneo, abdomine et 

 subcaudabbus albicantibus, gutture cum pectore summo et bypochondriis brunneo Hneatis : sub- 

 alaribus et axillaribus albis brunneo notatis : rostro nigro, ad basin carneo : pedibus sordide plumbeis : 

 iride nigra,. 



Pull, lanugine fusca indutus, plumis nigricanti-brunneis pallide rufo marginatis, tectricibus alarum late albido 

 terminatis : pectoris plumis pallide fuscescenti-brunneis. 



Adult Male (Pagbam, Sussex, 13th of May). Crown of the head and nape blackish brown, each feather 

 edged with bright rust-red, the margins being broader on the feathers of the nape ; back and scapulars 

 also dark blackish brown, with narrower rufous edgings ; rump white, the feathers here and there with 

 narrow dark brown central lines ; upper tail-coverts white, marked with dark brown, and washed with 

 rufous towards the tip ; tail white, washed with rufous, broadly barred with dark brown, and tipped 

 with pure white ; primaries dark blackish brown, the inner web broadly edged with white from the 

 base up to two thirds of the length, the inner primaries narrowly margined with white ; secondaries 

 dark sooty grey, margined with white, the elongated inner secondaries darker, and with rufous spots 

 along the edge ; sides of head, throat, neck, and entire underparts rich ferruginous-red, on the lores, 

 auriculars, and sides of the neck marked with black lines; lower part of the abdomen washed with 

 white ; under tail- coverts lighter than the rest of the underparts, marked with white and with dark 

 brown spots or V-shaped bars on the lower end of the feathers ; under wing-coverts white, with a dark 

 central line, and a second dark line passing round the feathers, leaving a broad white edging ; axillars 

 white, banded with blackish ; beak blackish, reddish yellow at the base ; legs black ; iris brown. Total 

 length 153 inches, wing 8'4, tail 2'7, tarsus 22, culmen 3 - 5. 



Adult Female in summer (Kylmesin-j'arvi-ranta, Lapland, 18th of June). Entire back and upper parts as in 

 the autumn plumage ; throat and chest very pale rufous, hregularly striped with blackish brown, the 

 feathers here and there having a blackish brown central streak ; rest of the underparts dirty white, 

 washed with pale rufous ; tail earth grey, tipped with white, the outer feathers marbled on the outer 

 web, and notched on the inner web with white, the central feathers with the notches extending almost 

 to the centre, forming oblique bars, much more irregular than in the male, and washed with rufous buff. 

 Total length 17 inches, wing 8 - 6, tail 3 - 3, tarsus 2\2, culmen 3'9. 



Adult Female in vnnter plumage (near Liverpool, September 1872). Similar to the young in first autumn, 



