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obsolete); hindneck, back, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts plain 

 cinnamon-brown or between russet and raw-uniber; lower rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and greater part of tail clear cinnamon-rufous; 

 fourth and fifth rectrices (from outside), greater part of inner web of 

 third rectrix, and basal portion of inner web of second, black, the 

 inner web of outermost rectrix usually with a dusk}^ spot at extreme 

 base; wing-coverts russet-brown, the inner webs of greater coverts 

 dusky; prunary coverts dull black or dusky at base (narrowly) and 

 tip (broadly), the middle portion (broadly) russet-brown; secondaries 

 dull cinnamon-rufous with a large subterminal area of black (mostly 

 concealed in the closed wing), the basal portion of inner web (exten- 

 sively) oclu*aceous-buft' ; proximal (shorter) primaries dull black, 

 tipped (more or less broadly and distinctly) with cinnamon-brown, 

 crossed obliquely on the middle portion by a broad band of clear 

 cinnamon-rufous; distal (longer) primaries dusky, their inner webs 

 with a broad median area of ochraceous-buff, except on two or three 

 outermost quills, the outer webs of which are mostly light russet- 

 brown; a narrow supra- auricular streak of brownish buff; loral region 

 mostly dark brownish; malar, suborbital, and auricular regions dark 

 brown (much like pileum), narrowly and indistinctly streaked with 

 paler; a conspicuous subauricular streak of white; chin and tlu'oat 

 pale brownish buffy (sometimes nearly buffy white on chin), the 

 tlu'oat indistinctly flammulated with pale buffy brown, at least on 

 lower portion; rest of under parts plain light brown (varying from 

 buffy hair brown to Isabella color), tinged, more or less strongly, with 

 pale russet-brown posteriorly; under wmg-co verts oclu-aceous-buff; 

 maxilla dusky, the lower-basal portion paler; mandible pale horn 

 color or dull whitish (in dried skins) becoming darker on upper or 

 terminal portions; iris brown; legs and feet dark horn color (in dried 

 skins). 



Young. — Similar in coloration to adults but dusky on basal por- 

 tion of inner webs of lateral rectrices more extensive and texture of 

 plumage dift'erent. 



Adult male.— I jengih. (skins), 108-125 (117); wing, 58.5-67.5 (64.2); 

 tail, 43.5-53 (48.9); culmen, 12-14.5 (13.1); tarsus, 14-15.5 (14.7); 

 middle toe, 11.5-13 (12).« 



« Twenty-four specimens. 



