Sir W. Jardine on the OrnitJiologij of the Island of Tohayo. 81 



insects, found cither on the ground or very near \iJ^ Length 

 6 inches, of wing 2y^2 > ^^^^ sexes nearly equal in size. ^ above 

 yellowish brown ; shoulders, greater and lesser wing-covers, outer 

 webs of the scapulars and quills sienna-brown ; tail reddish um- 

 ber-brown. Below wood-brown, tinted with reddish on the breast 

 and sides of the neck, the feathers of the whole tipped and edged 

 with a deeper shade, giving to these parts an indistinct marking ; 

 chin and throat white with the base of the feathers black. ? co- 

 lours slightly duller, the throat and fore part of the neck pale 

 wood-brown, the feathers edged with grayish brown. 



Dendrocincla turdina, Licht. ? s. 



We have compared the Tobago birds with specimens of what 

 we have named D. turdina from other localities : in the former 

 there is a little more rufous on the wings and tail, the tint of the 

 plumage generally is clearer, and the bill is less powerful and 

 less dilated at the base, but with these exceptions, there is nothing 

 to separate the two*. " Feeds on grasshoppers, winged and other 

 insects ; tongue slightly bifid ; legs light lead-colour : although 

 the tail resembles the Woodpeckers the oshyoides is entirely dif- 

 ferent from that tribe. ^^ 



Dendrocolaptes susurrans, Jard. s. 



"Resident; eyes dark brown. This species seldom ascends 

 trees to any great height, but generally proceeds from one tree 

 to another, running up ten or twelve yards examining the cre- 

 vices ; uttering occasionally a shrill purring note peculiar to the 

 species, easier distinguished than described; I found in the 

 stomach soiiie parts of large insects resembling wings, probably 

 of grasshoppers." Among the specimens received, the diiference in 

 length, with one exception, amounts to about 1 inch, that of the 

 wing being similar in all. Bill nearly straight, slightly curving 

 towards the point ; mandible umber-brown ; maxilla paler ; crown, 

 cheeks and back of the head umber-brown, centre of each feather 

 having an oval ochraceous spot ; nape and back yellowish brovni, 

 the feathers on the nape and upper part of the back having the 

 central ochraceous spots elongated and narrower as they reach 

 the back, where they gradually disappear, each being surrounded 

 by a narrow umber-brown line ; rump, wings and tail dull red- 

 dish orange ; throat yellowish white, remaining under parts yel- 

 lowish brown, on the throat and breast having each feather marked 

 in the centre with an oval yellowish white spot surrounded with 

 a darker line ; these markings gradually grow more and more in- 



* The Tobago bird does not agree with Lichtenstein's character, " capite 

 striolato." 



