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my own collection, and are those above described. The adult male in spring plumage above 

 described is in the British Museum, and the young male in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, <$ ad., b, $ juv. Siberia, September {Bode), c, ? ad. Tatascheff, January 3rd, 1881 (Kibort). d, e, $ ad. 

 Manas Darja River, December 1890 (Pevtzoff). 



E Mus. H. Seehohn. 

 a, 2 ad. Krasnoyarsk, October 25th, 1881 [Kibort). 



E Mus. Brit. 



a, £ ,b, ? . Amoor Land (Dr. Maack). c, g , d, $ . Eastern Siberia (Verreaux). e, J. Kultuk, March 2nd; 

 f,$juv. Krasnoyarsk, December 7th, 1880 (Kibort). g, £ ad. Kobdo, Mongolia, November 1876 

 (Gotanin). 



