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kb Emherivt Ltohw is one o f the rarest species o f the present genus, hut a t the same time one o f th -■ ,
•onomHjr distribgted; it sparingly inhabit, the eastern parts of southern Kun. it « .
«1 Italy and Provence; it is also found iu Greece, and we hare rein it in collections from China M jv
»Wick states that it is found also in Japan, where it is known under the name of ••Jam «me
. * * “ s h;abits " * >* doaWess closely reswWffi the other u ig r o tS of the iLnily and but little
, wittereBce is perceptible between the sexes.
jT h e head is greyish olire. with a stripe o f dark brown down the coupe o f each feather,• back of the neck
tack ’¡jf-d,sh w!th a broadCT “ <i » « co.-„,picuous stripe down each feather, but becoming nearly
jmpcrcepti. e on the rump • ;w io ^ y e rt> chestnut, striped down the centre with blackish brown 1 secondaries
' J T " , ' . T ' i T “ * " Cad’ Side Wi‘b r ° fo“ s a ° d ™ ^ with pate blown, ip.iHs and mil brown
t ^ o e d .w t b paler brown , earcoyerts deep reddish brown, beneath which is a broad stripe of-buir,
■ ; ' 1 l i,de numerous oblong spots of. dark brown, which meet and core.- the
B f .fflt * B“,ior i# > , niarked on each side immediately below the breast with several isrfkAi ■ ■
■ T * “ f C8t“ “ ' ’ a ” d “ # * * * • * ! » ^ ‘l a r k b row n nn ( h e c e n tr e o f e a c h f c e - r , . s' fast, pale brown.
The female only dii&ra m .
' having the whitish par <ff ^ !fcn® «Wiwuc mos* numerous and u>.
| W» bare figured a male and f™»k of the skstmd ,oe.