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lar area, thence extending do^vnwa^d. along side of neck to axillars 

 and under wing-coverts, which, together wdth basal half (approxi- 

 mately) of inner webs of remiges, are yellowish white or primrose 

 yellow; malar region crimson for greater part, the posterior portion 

 dark slate color or blackish slate; chin and throat white or yellowish 

 white, sometimes more or less streaked or suffused posteriorly or 

 medially with grayish; rest of plumage plain sooty slate-black or 

 blackish slate,'* the under parts slightly but not distinctly lighter; 

 feathers of sides and flanks margined terminally with whitish ; basal 

 portion of outer webs of remiges white or yellowish wliite, that on 

 secondaries usually concealed by greater coverts, that on primaries 

 showing as a small but distinct area beyond tip of primary coverts; 

 maxilla slate color or slate-gray, darker terminally ; mandible bluish 

 white basally, shading through pale grayish blue or bluish gray 

 into slate color or slate-gray at tip ; iris cream yellow, naples yellow, 

 or buff-yellow; naked orbital skin grayish olive; legs and feet with 

 scutella black, the interspaces pale gray or whitish; length (skins), 

 391-437 (410); wing, 220-235 (228.4); tail, 144-161 (152.9); culmen, 

 46-52.5 (49.7); tarsus, 33-35 (34.1); outer anterior toe, 26-28.5 

 (27.3).^ 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but forehead and anterior 

 half (more or less) of crown grayish brown or olive and malar region 

 slate color; length (skins), 365-410 (390); wing, 214-233 (221.6); 

 tail, 140-158.5 (149.4); culmen, 41.5-49 (44.9); tarsus, 31-34.5 

 (32.5); outer anterior toe, 24-27.5 (25.5).^ 



« The color is more slaty in more recently killed specimens or those in fresh plum- 

 age, more sooty or brownish in older plumage or older skins. 

 & Eighteen specimens. 

 c Twenty-two specimens. 



