NO. 3 NEW BIRDS FROM TAN AM A AXD VICINITY NELSON 25 



indistinct band of same slate gray across breast in front, where 

 commonly almost divided in middle by extension of whitish area 

 along median line ; sides of neck, breast and flanks slate gray, paler 

 and slightly browner than back ; under tail coverts dull huffy gray 

 (sometimes tinged with more brownish than flanks or with pale 

 buffy yellow) ; bill bright orange red; feet and legs orange yellow ; 

 sexes alike except for smaller size of females. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 83 ; tail, 72 ; oilmen, 17 ; tarsus, 34. 



Remarks. — This handsome subspecies is at once distinguishable 

 from Jiellmayri by its blacker head, grayer, or less brownish, upper 

 parts and the distinctly yellowish of the light area on the under 

 parts of the head, neck and body. It is based on a series of twelve 

 specimens. 



