MKAIXJAV P.UX'l'IXG. 
The young- before tlie first moult dilFer considerably 
from the adult. Top of the bead and nape grey, with 
a black streak in tire middle of cacli featlicr; upper 
parts of tlie body and wings varied like the female, 
but of a more grey russet; under tail coverts russet, 
with longitudinal spots of black; throat, front and sides 
of neck, and top of the chest grey, marked with black 
spots; the rest of chest and abdomen white, lightly 
washed with russet. — (Degland.) 
My figures of the bird and its egg are from specimens 
sent me by Mr. Tristram; the former is marked “Ksour, 
Jan. 28th., 1857,” and is therefore in its winter plumage. 
The egg was from a nest of four, taken by Mr. Tristram 
near Algiers, 1856. 
The bird has also been figured by BufFon, pi. enl. 3, 
fig. 2, female or young under the name of Brumit cle 
pres de France, and 511, fig. 1, male in breeding 
plumage, under the name of V Ortolan de Lorraine; 
Naumann, Naturg. Neue Ausg., pi. 104, figs. 1 and 2; 
Vieillot, Faun. France, p. 94, figs. 2 and 3 ; Boux, 
Ornith. Prov., pi. Ill and 112, male and female, but 
the figure marked a variety in pi. 112, is a male of F. 
ccBsia-, Bouteil, Ornith. du Dauph., pi. 32, fig. 6; Gould, 
B. of £., pi. 179. 
