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Adult female : Slightly smaller, differs materially 

 in plumage from the male, being an olive brown bird, 

 lighter on the under surface ; the wings are dusky 

 brown, most of the feathers being margined with paler 

 olive brown ; tail, brown, margined with olive brown ; 

 lores, eye region, cheeks and throat, pale huffish ochre, 

 and the breast and abdomen are washed with the 

 same colour ; beak, blackish brown ; legs and feet, 

 brownish flesh colour; iris, greyish brown. Total 

 length 4 in,, tail if in. (Male and female described 

 from life). 



"Young males at first resemble the old females, but are 

 *' generally more fulvous below, and may be detected by a little 

 "black ou the wing- and tail-feathers, or under the throat- 

 " feathers, which form a dusky patch, followed by a whitish 

 "patch on the lower throat." (B. M. C, Vol. XII.) 



This Species is but seldom on the market, and so 

 far I have been only able to study living specimens at 

 the Zoo. It is an alert and confiding bird, and has a 

 soft and pleasing song. 



Burmeister states that he met with this species in 

 moist wooded districts, and that they were to be seen 

 in small flocks. It is found in Brazil, Guiana and 

 Venezuela. 



Dr. Sharpe, in the B. M. Cat.,Vol. XII., gives two 



sub species. 



Sub sp. A. 5". trinitalis. 



This inhabits Trinidad, and has the longitudinal 



white band on the crown of Ihieola represented by a 



few white spots only. 



Sub sp. B. 5". amazonica. 

 This, the Amazonian form (male), has neither 

 white streak nor white spots on the forehead. Total 

 length 3*9 in., tail 1-65 in. The female is much 



