340 Sir T. S. Raffles's Descriptive Catalogue^ $c* 



with dark brown along their middle; those of the back, 

 wings and scapulars being moreover marked with two dirty- 

 white spots, which are sometimes confluent, forming a trans- 

 verse stripe. On the imder-parts each feather is marked with 

 a narrow longitudinal black line. The wing- and tail-feathers 

 are blackish, and banded with white and fawn-colour, their 

 tips being white. The feathers on each side the head are 

 elongated into horns. The eyes are surrounded by an imper- 

 fect circle of bristly feathers. The ears are rather large ; the 

 bill is black and hooked ; the claws very strong and arcuate. 



T.S. R, 



.Fort Marlborough, 

 June I, 1820. 



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