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inclining to ochre, the usual black patches on the hind neck very 

 feebly developed ; below this white collar a few feathers of rufous 

 ochre are present, but not strongly enough developed to form a 

 second coUar ; lores as well as feathers over and round the eye 

 white, the former terminating in blackish bristles ; sides of face 

 dark brown, the oar-coverts very distinctly streaked with ochraceous 

 white ; chin and cheeks pure white, extending backwai'ds under the 

 ear-coverts ; throat also pure white, separated from the chin by a 

 band of ochraceous brown feathers, joining the sides of the neck, 

 which are minutely spotted with white ; rest of under surface of 

 body pure white, sparsely streaked with dull brown, the flanks also 

 white, with the same brown streaks ; the sides of tlie breast ochra- 

 ceous brown, with a few white spots ; under wing-coverts yellowish, 

 the outer ones white as well as the bend of the wing, with a few 

 dark brown spots a little way in ; the greater coverts yellowish at 

 base, dark brown at tip, thus resembling the inner lining of the 

 wing, which is dark brown, barred with white on the inner web, 

 inclining to yeUow near the base. Total length 7'5 inches, wing 4, 

 tail 2'85, tarsus 0"8. (Santa Martha : Mus. Brit.) 



Rtjfous phase. Adult female. Above uniform cinnamon-rufous, 

 the wing-coverts a little darker and browner than the back, both 

 these and the scapulars varied with a few half-concealed oval spots 

 of white ; quills of the same colour as the back, indistinctly banded 

 across with dark brown, more plainly on the primaries, which are 

 dusky brown towards their tips ; the two outer ones externally 

 dusky brown ; tail entirely cinnamon-rufous ; lores and a distinct 

 eyebrow white, the former varied with black bristles ; ear-coverts 

 cinnamon, with white shaft-streaks ; cheeks white, extending back- 

 wards on to the sides of neck below the ear-coverts ; chin white ; 

 lower throat cinnamon, followed by a large patch of white on the 

 fore neck ; rest of iinder surface of body fulvous white, streaked 

 with cinnamon, the stripes having a shade of brownish on the sides 

 of the body ; sides of the body entirely cinnamon-rufous, as also the 

 under wing-covcrts, which are rather paler, the greater series yel- 

 lowish buff, tipped with dark brown, the inner lining of the quills 

 rufous, barred with brown, and inclining to yello"\vish buff near the 

 base of the wing ; edge of the wing whitish ; leg-feathers pale cin- 

 namon ; under tail-coverts yellowish buff, streaked with cinnamon. 

 Total length 9-7 inches, \\'ing 4-6, taU. 3-5, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult male. Similar to the female in colour, but smaller. Total 

 length 8 inches, wing 42, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-85. 



Hah. South America, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia ; northwards 

 through Ecuador to New Granada. 



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