336 COLUJIBII'-E. 



b'. Transverse bars of the tail in some specimens 



clearly obsolete sivinhoei, p. 340. 



c. General colour of the upper parts more rufous, 



with the barring broader : smaller, wing 6"5 [p. 340. 



to 7 inches leptogrammica, 



b. Outer tail-feathers rufous, with no grey. 

 d' . Breast-feathers normal, not bifurcated. 

 a". Central tail-feathers uniform, not barred. 

 a' 1 '. Wing more than 6 inches. 



a*. Upper parts earthy brown above, barred 

 beneath ; no metallic colours, or 

 scarcely any, on the nape. 

 a 5 . Upper parts dark brown, with darker 

 and lighter bars ; head not uniform 

 with the back. 

 « 6 . Head rufous cinnamon, almost uni- 

 form in the adult birds magna, p. 342. 



b 6 . Head dark brown, the feathers [p. 342. 



tipped with whitish buff or rufous, timorlaoensis, 

 b 5 . Upper parts mouse-brown, with no 



barrings ; head uniform with the [p. 343. 



back macassariensis, 



b*. General plumage pale cinnamon, witli 

 the edges of the feathers deeper cinna- 

 mon, the upper parts minutely freckled 

 with brown ; quills almost entirely 

 rufous, both on the inner and oute- [p. 344. 



webs cinnamomea, 



cK Upper parts dark chestnut-brown. 

 c 5 . Inner webs of the quills, except at the 



tip, almost entirely rufous cinnamon, rufipennis, p. 344. 

 rf 5 . Inner webs of the quills with narrow 

 rufous-cinnamon edges or almost 

 uniform. 

 c G . Prevailing colour of th Q plumage 

 almost uniform chestnut or cinna- 

 mon rufous, but somewhat lighter 

 on the underparts. 

 a". Underparts bright cinnamon, 

 with an amethyst tinge on the 

 breast. 



Compt. Bend. xxxk. p. 1112 (1854). xl. p. 210, n. 166 (1855); id. Coup 

 d'oeil Ordre Pig. pp. 28, 57, n. 166 (1855) ; Bchnb. Tauben, i. p. 87, t. 251. 

 f. 1349 (1862) ; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 390 ; id. J. f. 0. 1866, p. 283 ; G. B. 

 Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 237, n. 9303 (1870) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 466; 

 Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 517 (1875) ; Legge, B. of Ceyl. p. 699 (1880). 



Upper parts uniform cinnamon ; breast reddish vinous, remainder of under- 

 parts reddish white; lateral tail-feathers tipped with white: bill and feet reel. 

 Length of the tail 6 inches. 



Hab. Senegal (Adanson) ; Ceylon (?) (Levaillant, Temminck). 



This bird has not yet been identified ; according to Wagler it is the same as, 

 or very nearly allied to, M. phasianella. Wardlaw Ramsay says that the name 

 of M. macroura had been given in the British Museum to specimens of M. am- 

 boinensis (Linn.). 



