RUSSKT WIIEATEAR. 
head and neck, and upper part of back, are russet, 
shaded off into grey on the head ; the chest is a 
brighter russet, passing into whitish on the abdomen; 
below the eyes, throat, and wings, black, with the 
feathers bordered more or less Avith russet, particularly 
the wing coverts; rump and tail as in breeding season, 
but with a slight border of greyish or russet at the 
extremity of the primaries. 
The female in the breeding plumage has the head 
russet brown; nape and back dirty russet; throat 
blackish; abdomen, and a large band over the eye, 
whitish; scapularies black, terminated with russet; wings 
blackish brown, the quills bordered Avith russet; tail 
as in the male, but Avith the black more extended. 
My figures of this bird and its egg are from speci- 
mens kindly sent to me by Mr. Tristram. 
Figured by EdAvards, plate 31; Guldenstadt, Nov. 
Comm., petr. xix., p. 468, tab. xae; Naumann, taf. 90, 
figs. 1 and 2 ; Konx. Ornith. Prov., pi. 199, (male,) 
fig. 1, (female,) fig. 2 ; Bouteille, Ornith. du Dauph., pi. 
22 , fig. 2 ; Gould, B. of E., pi. 91. 
