416 ULULA BRACK YOTUS. 



part of the back are buff and dark brown, the central 

 part of each feather of the latter colour. The tufts 

 are similar, but with the pale inner part broader. The 

 scapulars and wing-coverts are spotted and banded in 

 large patches with the same colour, and many of them 

 have a large spot of yellowish-white on the outer web 

 near the end. The edge of the wing is whitish. The 

 alula and primary coverts are dark brown, the outer 

 webs pale buff at the base ; the quills buff, with a nar- 

 row space along the shafts, the ends, and two or three 

 broad bands, dark brown. The tail is buff, with five 

 broad bands of brown, the tip yellowish- white. The 

 lower parts are pale buff, whitish behind, the neck with 

 oblong, the breast and sides with linear dark brown 

 streaks, the legs and feet unspotted. The upper tail- 

 coverts are yellowish-brown faintly margined with 

 darker. The lower surface of the wing is yellowish- 

 white, a few of the coverts with a brown spot, the 

 quills broadly banded towards the end. Three-fourths 

 of the length of all the feathers from the base are 

 downy, and of a deep bluish-grey colour. 



Length to end of tail 15 inches, to end of wings 17 ; 

 extent of wings 38 ; wing from flexure 11| ; tail &J ; 

 bill along the back 1/^, along the edge of lower man- 

 dible 1 j^% ; tarsus l-^^ ; hind toe ^^, its claw j^^ ; se- 

 cond toe li^2> ^*s claw i§ ; third toe 1/^, its claw j\ ; 

 fourth toe -^%, its claw f|. 



Female. — The female is little larger than the male, 

 which she resembles in colour ; but the brown of the 

 upper parts is lighter, the lower parts are of a deeper 

 tint, and their longitudinal streaks broader. 



