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CYPSELID/E. 



hair -brown, glossed with green, the flight -feathers rather 

 darker, and mostly edged with pale brown, the shafts of the 

 primaries greyish-brown ; middle of the chin, throat, lower 

 part of the breast, and the belly, white ; across the upper 

 part of the breast a broad hair-brown band ; legs, feet and 

 lower tail- as well as wing-coverts hair-brown, the last with 

 light tips : toes orange-brown ; claws dark brown. 



The whole length is about eight inches and three-eighths ; 

 from the carpal joint to the tips of the wings, which, when 

 closed, reach more than two inches beyond the tail, about 

 eight inches and five-eighths. 



There is no appreciable difference in the outward appear- 

 ance of the two sexes. The young have nearly all their 

 feathers tipped with dull white. 



