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more hoary ; the chestnut spot on the throat much 

 obscured by sandy margins to the feathers. 



The female is much browner than the male, lacks 

 his chestnut throat and white rump-band ; the under 

 surface of body is tawny-bufF. 



Habitat : Peru to Ecuador. 



10. 5". hior^iata. 



The adult male is bluish-grey above, mottled with 

 blackish on the upper back, and only slightly so on 

 the crown ; median and greater coverts dusky-black, 

 with outer webs bluish-grey, the latter have white 

 tips; remainder of wing - coverts, quills and tail- 

 feathers dusky-brown with ashen edges, the primaries 

 edged with ashy - white ; sides of face and under 

 surface, pale ashen merging into white on the lower 

 abdomen ; beak, ruddy - brown ; legs and feet, dark 

 flesh-colour. Total length 5^ in., tail 2J in. 



Habitat : Bolivia and Ecuador. 



II. 6". honiochroa. 



The adult male is mostly deep slate-grey, slightly 

 tinged with olive-brown on the under surface ; fore- 

 head, lores, cheeks and ear-coverts, blackish ; beak, 

 yellowish ; legs and feet, dark flesh-colour. Total 

 length 4f in., tail 2 in. 



The adult female is brown on the upper surface, 

 streaked with darker ; greater coverts tipped with 

 tawny, other wing-coverts dark brown with lighter 

 margins ; tail-feathers, dark brown with ashen edges ; 

 the under parts are mostly lighter or darker olive- 

 brown, almost whitish on the breast and abdomen. 



Habitat : Peru and Ecuador. 



