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The specimens figured are an adult male and female in breeding-plumage, they being the 

 specimens described, and in my collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 3 . Hampstead, April 14th, 1870 (Davy), b, $ . Hampstead, April 10th, 1870 (Davy), c, s • Hampstead, 

 October 6th, 1871 (Davy), d, 2 , e, 5 . Hampstead, September 1870 (Davy), /, 3. Hampstead, August 

 2nd, 1871 (Davy). g,2- Pagham, Sussex, July 1870 (Sharpe). h, j . Hampstead", August 21st, 1871 

 (Davy), i, <$ , k, 2 , I, 6 ,m, 6 , n,2 ■ Hampstead, May 1st, 1870 (Davy), o, 2 • Hampstead, April 22nd, 

 1870 (Davy), p, S. Hampstead, April 20th, 1870 (Davy). q,2,r,<3. Hampstead, April 13th, 1870 

 (Davy), s, 6 . Hampstead, April 7th, 1870 (Davy). t,<5. Valencia, March 29th, 1872 (H. Saunders). 

 u, 2 • Valencia, April 22nd, 1872 (Howard Saunders), v, d . Turkey, September 25th, 1869 (Robson). 

 w, 2 ■ Egypt, April 1871 (G. E. Shelley), x, 2 ■ White Nile (Rollet). y, S . Mount Lebanon, June 16th, 

 1864 (J. K. Lord). z,juv. Norway, July 21st, 1871 (Collett). a a, young. Mezen, Russia, July 13th, 

 1873 (Piottuch). 



E Mus. J. H. Gurnet/, jun. 



a,juv., b, 2 ■ Castle-Eden Dene, Durham, May 10th, 1866. c, 6 ■ Norwich, May 1865 (Gunn). d, 2 ■ Cromer, 

 April 9th, 1872. e, 6 ,f, 6 . Lizard Lights, Cornwall, March 1st, 1872 (Palmer), g, <S juv. Hampstead, 

 September 1870 (Davy) . 



E Mus. Inch Calc. 

 a, 2- Shiraz, Persia (Major St. John). 



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