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"In autumn they should have, according to Tcmminck, 

 the black feathers of the vertex edged with brown, and 

 the median band of the same tint; on the sides and 

 lower part of the neck is a row of small brown spots 

 only." 



Pallas's description is the following: — "Head black, 

 with three white bands, one in the middle of the vertex, 

 the two others above the eyes in the form of eyebrows; 

 neck and bend of the wing ferruginous; upper part of 

 the body of a brown and russet tint; under parts white, 

 with some russet spots on the neck; external tail feather 

 on each side has a longitudinal and oblique white spot 

 towards the tip." 



My figure is taken from Gould. The egg is from 

 Badeker. 



The bird has also been figured by BufFon, pi. enl. 

 656, fig. £, male; Roux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 109, fig. 1, 

 young, fig. 2, adult; Naumann, Vogel Deutsch, Appen- 

 dix, vol. xiii, pi. 388; Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 177; 

 Nilsspn, Faun. Laponica, pi. 131, female. 





