172 Mr. J. H. Gurney on three apparently 



111 the Collection 



of Messrs. Salvin In the Norwich 



and Godman. Museum. 



Culmen, exclusive of cere TO 1"1 



Wing from carpal joint 10'7 ll'O 



Tail ' 10-8 10-9 



Tarsus -j'S 34 



Middle toe .s-. » 2-1 2-1 



It may be coiivenieut_, in the first instance, to describe the 

 immature Norwich specimen, in which the entire upper sur- 

 face is of a uniform and unbroken dark brown, with the 

 following exceptions, viz. : — a slightly darker shade of brown 

 on the mipe ; a few indistinct fulvous-brown spots on both 

 webs of the greater wing-coverts, bastard wing, and tertials, 

 those on the inner webs of the feathers being paler than those 

 on the outer web; similar but larger spots, assuming the 

 character of transverse bars, on both webs of the primaries 

 and secondaries ; and white spots on both webs of the feathers 

 of the upper tail-coverts, taking the form in those next the 

 tail of three transverse white bars, divided by the dark shaft 

 of the feathers, the spots on the feathers next the rump being 

 smaller and tinged with fulvous. 



The tail is of a somewhat darker brown than the back, with 

 four white transverse bands, divided by the dark shafts of 

 the feathers, and also narrowly tipped with white, the lateral 

 rectrices with a concealed white bar near the base. 



The chin, throat, and upper breast are of a whole-coloured 

 dark brown, of a similar hue to the nape ; the lower breast, 

 abdomen, flanks, and thighs of the same brown tint, but with 

 each feather exhibiting two or three pairs of lateral spots 

 and a narrow tip, all of which are white, with more or less of 

 an ochraceous tinge ; the under tail-coverts are similar, but 

 with the white spots larger and broadened into transverse 

 bars; the under wing- coverts are a whole-coloured dark brown, 

 like the breast, except thelowestfeathers, which exhibit white 

 spots in pairs ; the undersides of the quill-feathers of the wing 

 are of a similar but duller brown, transversely and more or 

 less regularly barred with black. 



