76 TEREK GODWTT. 



white; the lateral feathers of the tail very clear ash 

 grey, and fringed with a slight border of white. Base 

 of the beak and legs of a livid yellow, 



Male and female in breeding costume. — Forehead, 

 ear coverts, checks, front and sides of the neck, marked 

 by small meshes or striae of dark brown on a white 

 ground; crop and other inferior parts pure white; all 

 the ashy feathers of the superior parts marked the 

 length of the shaft with large brown meshes, and one 

 black stria on the shaft; scaj)ularies have several large 

 black spots, and the other feathers some black strise on 

 the shafts; carpus and border of the wing perfectly 

 black. 



My figure of this bird is from Gould's "Birds of 

 Europe," jil. 307. 



