16 ANORTHURA TROGLODYTES. 



countiy, it is unnecessary to repeat here the details already 

 given. The tongue is four-twelfths and three-fourths in length. 

 The oesophagus is an inch and eight- twelfths in length ; the 

 stomach five-twelfths long, and of the same breadth, with the 

 lateral«muscles very distinct ; the intestine five inches long, 

 two-twelfths in width in the duodenal portion, one-twelfth to- 

 ward the coeca, which are only one-twelfth long. The trachea 

 has four pairs of inferior laryngeal muscles. On the first toe are 

 twelve, on the second eleven, on the third thirteen, on the 

 fourth twelve scutella. W^hen the toes are brought together, 

 the first is nearly as long as the third, the claws included, and 

 the lateral, of which the outer is very slightly longer, are much 

 shorter. The plumage is soft, tufty, unglossed, the feathers 

 ovate, with loose barbs, and very slender elongated plumules. 

 The wing is shortish, broad, considerably curved or concaA^e, 

 and much rounded, of nineteen quills, which are all rather 

 broad and rounded, the first about half the length of the second, 

 which is rather more than a quarter of an inch shorter than the 

 third ; the fifth is longest, but the fourth and sixth are nearly 

 equal ; the rest diminish very slowly, and the inner secondaries 

 are not elongated. The tail is short, much rounded, of twelve 

 slightly curved, narrow, very weak, feathers. PI. XIV, Fig. 1. 

 The bill is dusky-brown above, the edges of the upper mandi- 

 ble, and two-thirds of the lower brownish-yellow, the tip of the 

 lower greyish -brown. The inside of the mouth, the tongue, 

 and the soft skin at the commissure of the mandibles, bright 

 orange. The irides dark brown, the tarsi and toes pale greenish- 

 brown, as are the claws. The general colour of the upper parts 

 is reddish-brown, darker on the head, brighter on the tail- 

 coverts, quills, and tail. There is a white spot near the tips 

 of the posterior dorsal feathers, which, however, is hardly per- 

 ceptible when they are laid. The secondary coverts, and the 

 first small coverts, have each a white spot at the tip. The 

 wing-coverts and quills are banded with deep-brown and 

 brownish-red ; the margin of the reddish bands of the five 

 outer quills reddish-white. The tail is undulatingly barred in 

 the same manner ; the dorsal feathers and tail-coverts very ob- 

 scurely so. A brownish- white line passes from the upper man- 



