78 RHYNCHASPIS CLYPEATA. 



and part of the abdomen are deep chestnut, tinged with 

 purple ; some of the anterior feathers barred and spotted with 

 black, the ends of those of the sides paler and undulated with 

 dusky lines. The axillar feathers, and most of the lower 

 wing-coverts, are white, the larger, and those towards the 

 edge, being pale grey. The sides of the rump are white ; 

 the feathers of the abdomen are obscurely barred with dusky, 

 of those under the tail the anterior are white, undulated with 

 dusky, the rest greenish-black, except the two longest under 

 tail-coverts, which are dusky, variegated with white, and 

 margined w4th reddish-brown. 



Length to end of tail 20 inches ; extent of wings 32 ; 

 wing from flexure 9f ; tail 4 ; bill along the ridge l-f-, its 

 breadth at the base f-j, near the end 1^ ; tarsus 1 ^V ; hind 

 toe -^-j, its claw -^ ; second toe l-f\-, its claw -,^ ; third toe 

 Iyj} its claw -j^ ; fourth toe l^V? its claw -j^. 



Female in Winter. — The female is considerably inferior 

 in size, and difters greatly in coloxir. The feathers of the 

 head and upper neck, although blended, are not glossy ; and 

 the scapulars and inner secondaries are much less elongated 

 and pointed. The bill is greenish-brown above, with the 

 unguis paler, and the margins inclining to yellow ; the lower 

 mandible dull orange, with the unguis broAvn. The iris 

 yellow. The head and upper neck are pale reddish-brown, 

 streaked with dusky, that colour being predominant on the 

 upper part of the head. All the lower parts are of the same 

 pale brown, on the middle of the breast inclining to white, 

 and on the sides deeper, each feather with a dusky patch 

 toward the end. On the upper parts the feathers are blackish- 

 brown, edged with brownish-white. The smaller wing- 

 coverts are brown, tinged w ith pale blue ; the quills and 

 larger coverts greyish-brown ; the outer secondary coverts 

 tipped with white, but less extensively than in the male ; the 

 green speculum duller and less extended ; and all tlie second- 

 aries more or less margined with white. The tail-feathers 

 are greyish-brown, obliquely and broadly barred, and mar- 

 gined with white. 



Length to end of tail 18 inches ; extent of wings 29 ; 



