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flanks mottled with bluish black; the white patch on 
the cheeks extends to the upper scapularies. Beak, 
feet, and iris, brown. 
My figure is taken from an adult male kindly sent 
me by Mr. Tristram. The figure of the egg is taken 
from Thienemann. 
The bird is also figured by Michahelles, in Sturm, 
Deutschlands Fauna, heft. 2 , tab. 1 ; Gould, Birds of 
Europe, pi. 151, fig. 1. 
