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ou the hinder neck ; throat and feathered part of the cheeks white, 

 the white extending down the throat, and being divided down the 

 centre by a broad line of maroon chestnut, which gradually 

 becomes merged in the dark chestnut-brown colour of the fore- 

 neck ; all the feathers of the latter tipped with shaft-stripes of 

 slaty blue, which are somewhat recurved ; fore-neck slaty blue, 

 with a broad central line of dark slate-colour, varied with white on 

 the upper part and chestnut on the edges of the lower feathers ; 

 under surface of bodv orange-chestnut, including the thighs, the 

 whole of the breast overshaded with deep maroon, which is the 

 colour of the overhangiug plumes on the side of the breast; under 

 wing-coverts like the breast ; quills slaty grey : " upper mandible 

 blackish brown, the lower one, as well as the lores and bare region 

 of the eye, yellow ; iris yellow " {H. Burmeister). Total length 

 32 inches, culmen 5-7, wing 10-4, taU 4, tarsus 3-75. 



Younq. Different from the adult, wanting entirely the ornamental 

 grey plumes of the latter. General colour above dark brown, 

 including the feathers of the neck and sides of the head ; crown 

 dusky slate-colour, as also a few slightly lengthened nape-plumes ; 

 cjuills and tail slaty black, the coverts and inner secondaries brown 

 like the back ; cheeks and throat white, with a median streak of 

 chestnut ; remainder of under surface of body creamy buff, the 

 lengthened feathers on the sides of the breast, the sides of the body 

 and flanks, as well as the under wing- and tail-coverts dusky 

 brown, with longitudinal white centres : " upper mandible horn- 

 brown, the lower one green ; feet olive-green ; iris orange " {E. L. 

 Layard). 



Hah. South America, from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. 



rt, b. Ad. sk. British Honduras {Blancaneau.v). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Peten, Guatemala (F. Sarg). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Juv. sk. Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. 5 juv. sli. Santa Marta, U.S. Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Feb. 28 {F. A. Si?»mis). 

 f S ad. sk. Takutu River, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Feb. 25 {II. Whhely). 

 g. S imm. sk. River Carimang, April 7 (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Whitely). 

 h $ ad. sk. Camacusa, British Guiana, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



20 (if. W.). 

 i. Ad. St. Cayenne. Purchased. 



k. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Tweeddale Coll. 



/. Juv. sk. Para, Oct. 16 {E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Amazonia. Gould Coll. 



n. J ad. sk. Yurimaguas, R. Huallaga (2?. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Bartlett). 

 o. Juv. sk. Barra do Rio Negro, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{J. Natterer). 



15. DEMIEGRETTA. 



Type. 

 Demiegretta, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. p. 372 (1S46) D. sacra. 



Range. Coasts of Eastern Asia, from the islands of the Bay of 

 Bengal to Australia and north to Japan and Corea. 



