256 



Vog. Deutschl. taf. 89. figs. 3, 4 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 91 ; Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. 

 tav. 4 ; Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 203. 



<3 ad. test, capite supra, dorso cum scapularibus nigricanti-brunneis, plumis omnibus ocbrascente ferrugineo 

 marginatis : uropygio rufescenti-ochraceo, plumis medialiter nigricante brunneo striatis : supracau- 

 dalibus ochrascenti-albidis, nigricante notatis : cauda ad basin alba, ad apicem nigricanti-brunnea : 

 remigibus saturate brunneis, pallidiore marginatis : tectricibus alarum majoribus nigricanti-brunneis, 

 intimis cum tectricibus inferioribms et alula spuria ad basin pure albis : facie et collo laterali nigricanti- 

 brunneis, vix fulvido notatis: linea a naribus supra oculos ad nucbam, gula, et linea, ad latera juguli 

 albis : gutture, pectore et hypochondriis pallide rufescentibus : abdomine albido : subcaudalibus 

 ocbraceis : rostro et pedibus nigricantibus : iride brunnea. 



5 ad. supra nigricanti-brunnea, plumis omnibus saturate ocbraceo marginatis : subtiis pallide ochrascenti- 

 albida : gula et abdomine centrali pallidioribus : pectore laterali brunnescente guttato : pectore et 

 bypocbondriis vix rufescente lavatis : cauda, et alis saturate brunneis, pallidiore marginatis : tectricibus 

 alarum majoribus albido apieatis. 



cT ad. hiern. foeminee similis, sed dorsi plumis conspicue rufescente ocbraceo marginatis : alis ut in 6 sest. : 

 corpore subtiis clariore quam in foemina. 



Pullus. supra nigricanti-brunneus, ocbraceo striatus : remigibus et rectricibus nigricanti-brunneis, bis rufes- 

 cente apieatis, primariis externis in pogonio externo cervino marginatis, internis, secundariis et 

 tectricibus alarum conspicue rufescente marginatis et apieatis : corpore subtiis ocbrascenti-albido : 

 pectore brunneo notato. 



Adult Male in spring (Cookbam, 26tb April, 1869). Crown, nape, back, and scapulars blackish brown, the 

 feathers on the crown narrowly margined, and those on the back broadly edged with light ochre-yellow, 

 with a reddish tinge ; rump rufescent ochre, each feather having a dark brown central Hue ; upper tail- 

 coverts dull yellowish white, with a large central blackish brown spot towards the tip ; tail white on the 

 basal half, the remaining portion being dull blackish brown, each feather having a narrow edge of 

 lighter brown ; quills dark brown, with lighter margins to the outer webs ; larger wing-coverts blackish 

 brown, except the innermost, which, with the inner smaller coverts and primary coverts at the base, are 

 pure white, forming a conspicuous double alar patch; sides of the face and neck blackish brown, 

 slightly marked with dull fulvous ; a broad stripe over the eye to the nape, the chin and a line extending 

 along the sides of the neck, and bordering the dark brown portion, pure white; throat, breast, and 

 flanks pale rufous, palest on the flanks ; abdomen dull white ; under tail-coverts pale ochre ; bill and 

 legs blackish; iris brown. Total length 4'75 inches, culmen - 58, wing 2-9, tail 1-95, tarsus 092. 



Adult Female (Skara, Sweden, 25th May) . Back and crown similar to the adult male, but duller, the dark 

 centres te the feathers being larger, sides of the head dull ochre, marked with dark brown, superciliary 

 stripe dirty yellowish white ; wings much duller than in the male, the white being almost absent, only 

 a few of the larger wing-coverts being tipped with dirty white ; underparts dull yellowish white, palest 

 on the chin and the centre of the abdomen ; breast and flanks washed with pale rufous ochre ; on each 

 side of the fore part of the breast a few dull brownish spots. 



Male in autumn (Cookham, September). Resembles the adult female ; but the feathers on the upper parts 

 have broader rufous edges, and the superciliary stripe is rather more distinct ; the white on the wing is 

 also as distinct as in the male above described in spring plumage, and the underparts are rather brighter 

 than in the female. 



