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Table 44. — Measurements of 31 specimens of Bradornis micro rhynchus erlangeri 



Little appears to be known of the immature plumage of this bird, 

 hence the following observations may be worth recording: Two of 

 the males taken at Bodessa are in an advanced stage of the post- 

 j'u venal molt, the new (adult) remiges and rectrices being well de- 

 veloped. Both birds have the pectoral area streaked with dark earth 

 brown, the color being restricted to the shafts of the feathers and to 

 the innermost barbules. The old (juvenal) scapulars, interscapulars, 

 and feathers of the upper back have large subterminal white spots 

 terminally and laterally edged with dark earth brown, the over- 

 lapping featherings producing a condition between true squamation 

 and coarse spotting. The feathers of the cheeks and postocular area 

 are laterally margined with whitish, and the crown, nape, and upper- 

 parts in general are slightly darker in hue than in the adults. 



In fresh plumage, the margins of the upper greater wing coverts 

 and of the remiges vary from pure white to light buffy or even light 



