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are oblong. The wings are of moderate length, of seventeen 

 quills ; the first very small, curved a little inwards, an inch 

 and a quarter in length, the second of the same length as the 

 sixth, and three-twelfths of an inch shorter than the third, 

 which is a twelfth shorter than the fourth, the fifth scarcely 

 exceeded by the latter. The tail is of moderate length, even, 

 the outer feather being only one twelfth of an inch shorter than 

 the longest. 



The upper mandible is dusky brown, blackish at the base, 

 but with the basal margin pale ; the lower mandible is pale- 

 brown, at the base lighter. The tarsi are pale yellowish- 

 brown, the toes a little darker, the claws pale. The general 

 colour of the upper parts is yellowish-brown, each feather 

 tipped with black in a narrow semilunar form. The smaller 

 wing-coverts are similar, but those of the first row are dusky, 

 with a large triangular pale ochre-yellow spot at the end ; the 

 alular feathers are light yellowish-brown, slightly tipped with 

 black ; the primary coverts are externally light yellowish- 

 brown, their extremity black, which forms a conspicuous short 

 bar on the wing ; the secondary coverts are dusky, with their 

 outer margin yellowish-brown, their tip yellowish-white. The 

 quills are light yellow^ish-brown on the outer web, umber- 

 brown on the inner, the tips of the secondaries especially pale, 

 and a large portion of the inner web of all excepting the outer, 

 white, that colour however not apparent. The four middle 

 tail-feathers are yellowish-brown, darker at the end, and 

 slightly tipped with whitish ; the next three on each side 

 much darker, w^ith more white on the tip, the outer much 

 paler on the outer web, and white on the inner toward the 

 end. The loral space and feathers margining the eyelids are 

 nearly white, the basirostral bristles dark brown ; the throat 

 is white, a narrow blackish band proceeds from the lower 

 mandible downwards ; the sides of the head and neck, the 

 lower part of the latter, and the rest of the lower parts white, 

 each feather tipped with a semilunar band of black, broader 

 than those of the dorsal feathers, the lower part and sides of 

 the neck tinged with red ; the middle of the abdomen unspot- 

 ted, and the lower tail-coverts with very slight dusky markings. 



