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band ; the throat of a dull yellow, without the black half-collar ; 

 all the feathers of the tail of equal length ; the bill shorter and 

 weak : and the iris rose-coloured." 



I have now examined and described the entire series of the 

 Land Birds, so called, with the exception of two species, which 

 have been omitted in their proper places. A considerable 

 amount of interesting information respecting the habits of many 

 of the species has also been recently obtained by me. I have 

 thus found it necessary to subjoin a Supplement, containing 

 the omitted birds, and an Appendix supplying additions to the 

 history of the species described in the first three volumes. 



