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is a similar band above the carpus, extending- from the 

 cheeks; the lesser coverts are the same colour as the 

 top of the head and nape, the others broadly bordered 

 with russet. Tail" olivaceous brown, with the feathers 

 slightly bordered with ash-colour; beak black; feet 

 reddish; iris brown. 



In autumn the male has the feathers of the neck 

 and crop bordered with ash, like the Domestic Spar- 

 row, and the white of the cheeks also more ash-coloured. 



The female has the head, top of neck, and body 

 grey brown, with the feathers of the scapularies and 

 the quills of the wings, fringed along their borders 

 with yellowish; below, the colour is dirty white, with 

 faint spots of brown in front of the neck and crop, 

 and the flanks of a russet and ashy tint; beak brownish 

 above, yellowish below. 



The young before the first moult resemble the 

 female, only the tints arc paler, and the commissures of 

 the beak soft and yellow. 



My drawings of this bird and its egg are from 

 specimens kindly sent me by Mr. Tristram. The bird 

 is marked "Rhodes, April 19, 1858." 



It has also been figured by Roux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 

 84, (adult male;) Gould, B. of E., pi. 185. 



