70. GAXLINAGO. 617 



mottled or streaked with black ; 

 inner secondaries with rufous-butf 



bars on the outer web major, p. 62G. 



b 5 . Three outer tail-feathers pure 

 white, but with obsolete dusky 

 spots or bars, always wide apart 

 when present ; general aspect 

 above black, streaked with sandy 

 buff, broadly on the scapulars; 

 inner secondaries like the others, 



uniform blackish with white tips, nigripennis, p. 631. 

 '. Three outer tail-feathers whitish or 

 dusky, but with some tinge of 

 rufous, and marked with dusky 

 spots and bars. 

 c 5 . Tail-feathers normally 14 in num- 

 ber ; axillaries often pure white . . gattinago, p. 633. 

 d*. Tail-feathers normally 16 in num- 

 ber; axillaries regularly barred. 

 « c . Outer or first secondaries longer 

 than the primary-coverts. 

 a~. Bill less than 3 inches in 

 length ; axillaries barred, the 

 white bars being broader 

 than the black ones. 

 a 8 . Extension of outer second- 

 aries beyond tips of pri- 

 mary-coverts very slightly 

 marked ; outer tail-feather 



03 inch in breadth delicata, p. 642. 



b 8 . Extension of outer second- 

 aries beyond the tips of 

 primary-coverts strongly 

 marked ; outer tail-feather 

 less than 0'2 inch in 



breadth frenata, p. 646. 



c 8 . Similar to the foregoing, 

 but smaller ; wing 4"5-4-6 



inches andina, p. 648. 



b". Bill exceeding 3 inches in 

 length, 

 f^. Axillaries having the white 

 bars broader than the black 



ones nobilis, p. 648. 



e e . Axillaries having the black 

 bars broader than the white 



ones macrodactgla, p. 649. 



b e . Outer or first secondaries not 



exceeding the primary-coverts, 



their tips being in a line with 



each other. 



c 7 . Axillaries with the white 



bars broader than the black 



ones paraguaice, p. 650. 



cP . Axillaries with the black 

 and white bars about equal 

 in length australis, p. 652. 



