44 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the Genus Glaucidiura. 



nearly uuiform, with a few very narrow shaft-lines of fulvous. 

 The second plumage (or perhaps the adult female) is also 

 rufous- chocolate, mottled all over with fulvous bars, Avhich 

 are also distributed over the crown, where many of them are 

 bleached whitish. The old bird has a spotted head, the dots 

 becommg rounder and smaller with age. 



Total 

 length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



a, ad. Antioquia,NewGranada(»S'a7/Ho«) O'O 3!) 29 0"7 



b, ad. New Granada (Mm. Norv.) .... G-5 3-9o 2-8 0-7 



c, ad. Rigota {Mus. S. ^- G.) G-7 4-25 2-8 0-85 



d,juv. „ „ C)-0 3-8 2-7 0-8 



e,Juv. „ {Mus. Brit.) 5-7 4-1 2-G 0-75 



f,ad. „ „ 6-0 4-15 275 07 



g,ad. „ „ 6-0 40 26 0-7 



7i, ad. „ (Mtis. Norv.) Cr5 4-1 27 08 



i,ad. „ „ C-o 4-3 27 O-So 



k, ad. Columbia „ 64 3-9 2-8 075 



I, ad. „ (Mus. Brit.) 6-2 395 2-8 075 



m,juv. „ „ 0-5 4-0 2-8 08 



Rufom phase. — Back ferruginous, with numerous fulveseent 

 transverse bars more or less concealed. Upjjer tail-coverts 

 exactly similar to the back, and barred in the same manner. 

 Tail ferruginous, with black cross bands, seven in number, but 

 of irregular width and not strictly conterminous. Head rather 

 darker ferruginous than the back, mottled all over with rufous 

 spots or bars. Sides of upper breast bright ferruginous, with 

 narrow blackish bars and spots, causing a distinctly mottled 

 appearance. Under surface of body bright ferruginous, streaked 

 with rufous or rufous-brown, only slightly varied with white 

 on the lower breast. 



Young. — Head uniform brown, rather darker than the rest 

 of the upper surface, which, however, is brownish ; the tail 

 cinnamon, with blackish bars, all of which are more or less 

 broken up and connected by a mesial juncture along the 

 shaft. 



Total 



length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



a, ad. Bogota (Mus. S. ^- G.) 6-0 3-9 26 0-8 



b, imm. „ „ 6-3 3-85 27 075 



