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Em b e riz a Lesbia.
L e B ru a n t d e Mitilène.
B B H h S ° ”e °f th e rare8‘ SpedeS °f *he present >>"« * 9 same time one of the most
universally istrib u ted ; it sparingly inhabits the eastern parts o f southern Europe, and oceurs but very rarely
in Italy and Provence ■ ,s also found in Greece, and we have seen i, in B B from China M Tern
mmck states that ,t ,s found also in Japan, where i, is known under the name o f »
In its habits and manners it doubtless closely resembles the other members o f the family, and but little
difference is perceptible between the sexes.
a Ü H N W I ° ,iVe’ Wi‘b E 8tripe ° f “ br0W" dow” the centre °feach feather; back of the neck
and hack reddish biown, w„h a broader and more conspicuous stripe down each feather, b it b e c om in g n lly
Z k T h “ h H ! ™ S‘C0VertS Chestnut- 8triPed f l 'h e centre with blackish brown; se co n d e r^
blackish brown, bounded on each side with rufous and m a n n e d with pale brown; quills and tail brown
w h T h h " / d ■ • ,ear-C0verts deeP reddish br°'™- heneath which is a broad stripe of buff- throat
whipsh ; bounded on each side with numerous oblong spots of dark brown, which meet and covefthe W
o f the b rea st; under surface buff, marked on each side immediately below the breast with several indistinct
feet p í e t l ’ 0n ‘he ^ ^ StripeS °f * * br°™ ° n " » o f « * ■ ^ hill, “
The female only differs in having the spots on the sides of the throat and breast more numerous and in
having the whitish part of the throat less extensive. "uierous, and in
We have figured a male and female of the natural size.