RUSSET WHEATEAR. 127 



head and neck, and upper part of back, are russet, 

 shaded off mto grey on the head; the chest is a 

 brighter russet, passing into whitish on the abdomen; 

 below the eyes, fhroat, and wings, black, with the 

 feathers bordered more or less with russet, particularly 

 the wing coverts; rump and tail as in breeding season, 

 but with a slight border of greyish or russet at the 

 extremity of the primaries. 



The female in the breeding plumage' has the head 

 russet brown; nape and back dirty russet; throat 

 blackish; abdomen, and a large band over the eye, 

 whitish; scapularies black, terminated with russet; wings 

 blackish brown, the quills bordered with russet; tail 

 as in the male, but Avith the black more extended. 



My figures of this bird and its egg are from speci- 

 mens kindly sent to me by Mr. Tristram. 



Figured by Edwards, plate 31; Guldenstadt, Nov. 

 Comm., petr. xix., p. 468, tab. xv.; Naumann, taf. 90, 

 figs. 1 and 2; Eoux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 199, (male,) 

 fig. 1, (female,) fig. 2; Bouteil, Ornith. du Dauph., pi. 

 22, fig. 2; Gould, B. of E., pL 91. 



