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tains are covered with snow; the other at the summit 
of these mountains near the eternal snows, whore the 
Alpine Accentor and Snowfinch breed, and where one 
never sees by any chance a specimen of titliysT 
Its nest is composed of dry blades of grass, and is 
lined v»^ith a quantity of feathers, in which is laid four 
or five white eggs, but of a paler hue than those of 
titJiys, and slightly shaded with blue. 
The description given by M. Degland, who appears 
to have paid much attention to this interesting race, is 
exactly like the skins sent me by M. Verreaux. 
The male has the entire plumage of an ashy brown 
or grey; the under parts slightly clearer, with a russet 
shade on the top and front of the head; the space be- 
tween the beak, the eyes, and parotid region brown; 
free edge of eyelids grey; the fringe of the secondary 
quills of the wings much less than that of tithys, and 
grey; all the primaries bordered with clear ash-colour; 
the upper tail coverts of a lively russet; the under tail 
coverts of a reddish white; all the feathers of the tail 
red except the two middle ones, which retain the 
general colour of the plumage; beak and tarsi black. 
The female has the plumage slightly lighter than the 
male, and shaded with russet on the chest; no brown 
between the beak and eyes; throat reddish; the rest as 
in the male. 
S. carii differs from tithys, according to Degland, 
by; first, absence of black from plumage; second, by 
the edges of secondaries which, instead of being white, 
and so large as to form a sort of mirror on the folded 
wing, are grey, and scarcely visible. 
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