0(^0 PERNIS APIVORUS. 



six faint bands of brown, is a subterminal bar of black- 

 ish-brown, an inch and a half in breadth ; the tip 

 brownish-white ; the inner webs being paler, the bars 

 are more distinctly seen upon them. The sides of the 

 neck are greyish-brown above, umber brown below ; 

 the throat white, marked with brownish-black shaft- 

 lines ; the lower part of the neck anteriorly pale brown, 

 with brownish-black shaft-lines ; the breast, sides, ab- 

 domen, and lower tail-coverts, white, with broad trans- 

 verse bands of umber brown, becoming darker back- 

 wards. These bands are formed in this manner: — the 

 feathers of the lower neck have a large terminal tri- 

 angular spot, those of the fore breast have a similar 

 spot, and about the middle a band ; those on the lower 

 breast and sides a spot and two bands ; the long fea- 

 thers of the leg, a spot and three bands ; those of the 

 abdomen two, the lower tail-coverts three, the axillar 

 feathers four bands. The outer lower wing-coverts are 

 chocolate brown, the rest banded with white and brown ; 

 the lower surface of the quills and tail-feathers is pale 

 grey, with white shafts, and three bands of brownish- 

 black, two being sub-basal and one terminal. 



Length to end of tail 24 inches, to end of wings 23 ; 

 extent of wings estimated at 50 ; wing from flexure 

 15J, tail 10; bill along the back lj%, along the edge of 

 lower mandible 1/^; tarsus 2; first toe i|, its claw ii; 

 second l^^, its claw 1 ; third 1 A, its claw li| ; fourth 

 l^\, its claw \l. 



Female. — According to authors, the female, which 

 is considerably larger, has the fore part of the head 

 grey, the upper parts as in the male, the lower pale 



