BROWN LINNET. 373 



tail is of moderate length, deeply emarginate. spreading at the 

 end, the feathers obliquely rounded. 



The bill is dusky or greyish-brown above, pale greyish-blue 

 beneath. The irides deep brown, the feet wood-brown, the 

 claws blackish. The upper part of the head is streaked with 

 greyish-bro^Tn and yelloTA^ish-grey, the central part of each 

 feather being of the former colour ; the feathers of the fore- 

 head dull blood-red, tipped with brown. The back, scapu- 

 lars, and wing-coverts reddish-brown, the central parts of the 

 feathers darker, their edges yellowish-grey ; the hind part of 

 the back lighter and tinged with grey ; the tail-coverts dusky 

 in the centre, greyish-white on the edges. Quills, primary 

 coverts, and alula brownish-black ; the primaries margined 

 externally with white, the white edges of the five inner much 

 broader, so as to form a conspicuous mark on the wing ; the 

 secondaries margined externally with yellowish-brown, inter- 

 nally with greyish-white. The tail-feathers are brownish- 

 black ; the middles ones margined with bro^vnish-yellow, the 

 five lateral on each side margined externally with white, and 

 internally more broadly with the same. The fore part of the 

 neck is yello%vish-grey, streaked with greyish-brown or light 

 reddish-brown ; the feathers on the breast are dull red, broadly 

 margined with yellowish-grey, the former colour concealed by 

 the latter ; the sides and abdomen are yellowish-grey, the for- 

 mer streaked with b^o^\^l ; the lower tail-coverts whitish, their 

 central part dusky. 



Length to end of tail of inches ; extent of wings 9} ; bill f, 

 edge of lower mandible nearly i ; tarsus 7i twelfths ; middle 

 toe and claw /^ ; hind toe Z^, its claw -^% . 



Of another individual, the length 5| ; extent of wings 9j ; 

 bill 4i twelfths, and ^% ; tarsus 7i twelfths ; middle toe and 

 claw 3-\. 



Of another, the length o^^ ; extent of wings 9 j ; bill 4i 

 twelfths, and ^^^ ; tarsus /^ ; middle toe and claw 9i twelfths. 



Female. — The female is somewhat smaller. The bill and 

 feet are similarly coloured. The upper parts are streaked with 

 dusky bro^vn and greyish-yellow, the rump lighter, the upper 



