198 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the 



0-84 X 0-61, 0-81 X 0-57, and OSO x 0*60 inch; the third, 

 0-84 X 0-61 and 0-81 X 0*60 inch (2 eggs). 



33. Brachypteryx caroling. 



Brachypteryx cat'olina La Touche, Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. ix 

 (1898) ; Ibis, 1899, p. 123. 



(^ . Whole upper plumage dark russet-brown, quills brown, 

 washed externally with the same. Ring of feathers round 

 the eye, centre of cheek-feathers, and lores lighter. A sliort, 

 silky, white eyebrow over the lores and eye. Underparts 

 bluish white on breast, pale grey on upper flanks, white on 

 abdomen and anal region j feathers of the throat white 

 edged with brown, as also those of breast and upper flanks ; 

 lower flanks rufescent brown. Edge of wing silky white and 

 pale ochre ; lesser under wing-coverts white tinged with 

 ochre ; larger under wing-coverts dark brownish grey like 

 underneath of quills. Axillaries pale grey tinged with ochre ; 

 under tail-coverts tinged with fulvous ; tibiae brown. Iris 

 dark brown; bill livid purple-brown; mouth pinkish; 

 inside of bill bluish ; tongue slightly forked and brush- 

 tipped, dark at the tip ; legs violet-plumbeous, bluer on the 

 joints; claws pale flesh. Culmen 0'60 inch, wing 245, tail 

 1*55, tarsus 1*10; total length 5*20 inches. 11th April. 



? . Upper plumage similar to that of the male, but with 

 the eyebrow very short and not apparent, unless the feathers 

 are lifted, the base of the feathers only being white. There 

 is very little white about the throat and neck, and the breast 

 is almost altogether pale broAvn, the under tail-coverts are 

 darker, the edge of the wing has some feathers tipped with 

 ochre, the lesser under Aving-coverts and the axillaries are of 

 much the same colour as the breast. Iris very dark brown ; 

 upper mandible and tip of lower mandible dark purplish ; 

 lower mandible greyish pink ; legs violet-plumbeous with 

 pale claws. Culmen 0"60 inch, wing 2 30, tail 1*45, tarsus 

 1"10 ; total length 5 inches. 1 1th May. Caught at the nest. 



Besides these two examples we obtained three others : — a 

 female, wing 2*30 inches, total length 4*80 (tail imperfect), 

 shot on 15th April ; a male, shot on the same date, 



