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males, which we have deemed it necessary to figure on an extra Plate, and of which we further 

 give the following description : — 



Young Male. Upper parts as in the adult female, but somewhat greyer on the back ; sides of the head and 

 throat below the eye blackish grey ; a narrow stripe from the chin to the lower part of the throat dull 

 white, washed with ochre at the lower part, and bordered with blackish ; breast greyish brown, some of 

 the feathers tipped with dull yellowish-buff; rest of the undcrparts as in the female. 



The second specimen, a much older bird, resembles the adult male we have figured, but has the upper parts 

 almost as dull as in the female ; the black on the sides of the head and throat does not extend so far 

 down ; the white on the throat is duller, on the lower part washed with dull sandy-yellow ; and the 

 entire underparts are light sandy-yellow, instead of dark orange-red as in the adult male. 



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



E Mus. II. E. Dresser, 

 a, 2,6, 2. Near Smyrna, May 27th, 1871. r, pullus. Smyrna, June 10th, 1871 (Kriiper) . 



E Mus. Lid. Gale. 



n, b, cf , C, £ . Karij valley, Elburz mountains, North Persia, August 1872. d, e,f, g, 6 ■ Shiraz, Persia, June to 

 September 1872. It, 6 juv. East of Shiraz, June 1st. i, d jiw. Shiraz, August 1872 (IV. T. Blanford). 



E Mus. II. B. Tristram, 

 a, 6 . Foot of Mount Ilermon, June 4th, 1864. b, $ . Near the top of Lebanon, June 16th, 1864 (H. B. T.). 



E Mus. II. Seebohm. 



a, <■? . Smyrna, April 30th. 1872 (Dr. Kriiper). 



E Mus. Lord Walden. 

 a, 6 . Koomayh. Abyssinia, April 3rd, 1868. b, $. Mai YVallit, Abyssinia, August 18th, 1868 (W. Jesse). 



