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BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR. 



with each feather bordered with broAvn, and marked 

 in the centre with a yellowish spot; middle of the 

 abdomen and under tail- coverts, of this tint; middle 

 and greater wing- coverts broadly bordered with russet. 

 After the first moult the young only differ from the 

 female in autumn, by the wing having no trace of 

 brown on the side of the head, and by the throat 

 being russet. 



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

 mens with which I have been obligingly favoured by 

 the Rev. H. B. Tristram. 



Figured by Brisson, Orn., vol. iii., pi. 25, fig. 4; 

 Edwards, pi. 31, (a good figure, but given as the female 

 of S. stajmzina;) Vieillot, Faun. Fr., pi. 85, figs. 1, 2, 

 and 3; Roux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 200, (adult male;) 

 BouteH, Ornith. du Dauph., pi. 22, fig. 4; Gould, B. 

 of E., pi. 92. 



