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sparingly marked with pale purplish shell-spots and dark red surface-spots and blotches, and 

 measure from 1^§ by l^g- to 1\% by 1^- inch. . 



The specimens figured are an adult bird and a young bird in down, both being the examples 

 above described. 



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



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 2 ad. Rye, Sussex, September 26th, 1860 (H.E.D.). b,2- Hampstead, April 2nd, 1870. c, 3. Hampstead, 



January 1871. d,$. Hampstead, December 6th, 1871 {Davy). e,<J. Stockholm, July 27th, 1874 (Meves). 



f, 6 ■ Near Copenhagen, February 5th, 1870 (Benzon). g, 6 . Ajaecio, Corsica, March 23rd, 1875 (C. B. 



JVharton). h,<3. Butrinto, Albania, November 8th, 1871. i. Albania, November 1871 (Hanbury 



Barclay) . k. Cairo, Egypt (G. E. Shelley) . 



E Mus. Lord Tweeddale. 

 a,b,<$. Cookham, Berks {Briggs) . c. Morocco (Olcese). d,d. Guiken, Asia Minor, November 17th (Robson). 



E Mus. Brit. Beg. 



a, 2 ■ Monmouth, December 4th, 1873 (Morgan), b. Turkey, September 17th. c, <J ■ Buyukdere, Turkey, 

 January 21st (Robson). d. Shiraz, Persia (Blanford). 



