2 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 56 



Central tail feathers wood brown, more or less finely sprinkled with 

 black. The lateral rectrices dull seal brown, more or less variegated 

 basally on the outer web with broccoli brown more extensively 

 towards the center of the tail. Chin and upper throat dull white 

 tinged with buff, sometimes heavily spotted with black. Breast and 

 sides varying from very pale buff to ochraceous buff finely vermicu- 

 lated with black. Abdomen, under tail-coverts, feet and wings white. 

 Shafts of primaries dusky, usually with a median dusky streak, which 

 in some specimens occupies more than half of the width of the web 

 and in others is scarcely visible. The supraorbital comb is highly 

 developed and varies in color from flame scarlet to orange vermilion. 

 Measurements of type: wing 197, tail 108, tarsus 33 and culmen 18 

 millimeters. 



Description of female. — Upper parts, including head, back, scapu- 

 lars, upper tail-coverts and central rectrices, variegated with shades 

 of ochraceous, clay color, buff and pale wood brown, heavily and 

 irregularly barred with black ; many feathers on the hind neck, back, 

 scapulars and rump have large central black spaces and very broad 

 black bands. Under parts, from which all white disappears in sum- 

 mer, uniform rich ochraceous buff, barred on the breast and sides with 

 black, sparingly barred on the abdomen and but sparingly spotted on 

 the throat. Wings white, primaries marked as in the male. Tail 

 similar to that of the male. Supraorbital comb smaller and duller 

 than that of the male. 



