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cro]), and nppcr part of the belly pure white, slightly 
shaded about the crop with russet; flanks, lower part 
of belly, and under tail coverts a lively russet; the 
lores and a spot behind the eyes, black; superciliary 
ridge white, becoming broader towards the nape. Wings 
and tail dark brown, the inner barbs of the primaries 
bordered with white; beak and legs brown; iris nut 
brown. First primary very short, the second shorter 
than the third, wdiich is somewhat shorter than the 
fourth, the fourth and fifth almost equally long, the 
latter longest: the exterior web of the fourth and fifth 
contracted towards the end. 
Degland says that in the autumnal plumage the upper 
parts are of a tint less dark, with the black lines on 
the centre of the feathers of the head, and the borders 
of those on the body redder. The white of the neck, 
crop, and stomach less pure; the crop and flanks of a 
darker reddish brown. The young before the first 
moult are of a lighter brown, with more olive-colour 
above. 
Figured by Temminck and Lang, pi. col., 245; by 
Roux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 233; Savi, Ornith. Tosc.; 
Miihle, Monogr. der Eur. Sylv. 
