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liUBONID.i:. 



mottled luul barred with sandy isabellinc, like the adjoining sides of 

 the neck ; rest of under surface bamed with bntfy white and dark 

 brown in about equal proportions, the whitish bars on the flanks 

 and abdomen a little the broader ; the sides of the upper breast very- 

 dark broMn, spotted and barred with huffy white ; thij-h-feathers 

 deep fulvous, the tarsi very scantily feathered ; under tail-coverts 

 whitisli, nnspotted ; under wing-coverts ochraccous buff, mottled 

 with brown markings, the lower scries ochraccous at base, dark 

 brown at tip, tlius resembling the inner liniiig of the quills, which 

 are very dark brown, with only four bars on the inner web. Total 

 length 8-5 inches, wing 0. tail 3, tarsus 1 -45. 

 Hah. Guadeloupe and S. Nevis, West Indies. 



Primaries of <S. guadclou'penus, to show pattern of coloration. 

 a. Ad. St. S. Nevis. Tho^^. Cottle, R^q. [P.]. 



Primaries of S. cuniciilaria, to show pattern of coloration. 



The specimen described agrees very well with the race called by 

 Mr. lUdgway Speotyto cnnirvhria, var. (/iiadelovjwnsis ; and coming 

 from neighbouring islands, these birds are very probably identical. 

 The above account was written before I had consulted Mr. Ridg- 

 way's book, and it will be seen how well the main characters agree 

 with his descriiition. " Primaries without broad or regular bars of 

 whitish on either web ; primary-coverts plain brown ; brown mark- 

 ings on the lower parts regularly transverse, and equal in extent to 

 the white ; white spots on the upper parts very small, reduced to 

 mere specks on the dorsal region. Wing 6-40, tail 3*40, culmen "60, 

 tarsus 1-82, middle toe 0-85. Outer tail-feathers and inner webs 

 of primaries with the light (ochraccous) bars only about one fourth 

 as wide as the brown (disappearing on the inner quills)." 



There is evidently some little difference between the age of Mr. 



