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AMMOMANES FERRUGINEA. 505 
out any perceptible shade on the inner web of the primaries. Above 
uniformly deep vinous cinnamon, the head coloured like the back 
and showing no pronounced grey shade on the hind neck; least wing- 
coverts uniform with the back, inasmuch as the brown bases to the 
feathers are concealed ; median and greater coverts dark brown, 
margined with cinnamon shading off into yellowish buff on the 
extreme edge of the feathers; quills hght brown, with ashy fulyous 
edges, the secondaries more broadly margined with cinnamon 
shading into whitish on extreme edges, especially the innermost, 
where the cinnamon colour occupies the greater part of the feather, 
leaving the centre of it only longitudinally brown; rump vinous 
cinnamon, the upper tail-coverts rather inclining to brownish 
cinnamon,resembling the centre tail-feathers, which are longitudinally 
brownish down the centre, and by no means so bright cinnamon as 
the back ; rest of the tail-feathers very dark brown, narrowly edged 
with cinnamon buff, a little more broadly on the penultimate feather, 
and very distinctly on the outermost where the rufescent margin 
occupies more than half of the outer web ; lores and feathers under 
the eye dull white, as well an ill-defined eyebrow ; ear-coverts 
uniformly cinnamon ; cheeks, throat, and sides of neck whitish, the 
former slightly spotted with blackish, forming an indistinct mous- 
tache: rest of under surface creamy white, shading into ashy rufous 
on the flanks and thighs, the sides of the upper breast rufous ; 
lower throat and breast very distinctly marked with blackish spots ; 
those on the former triangular, gradually becoming more longi- 
tudinal on the breast, and disappearing on the sides of the body; 
many of the longitudinal streaks washed with rufous; under wing- 
coverts and inner lining of wing almost uniformly ashy or leaden 
brown, the innermost secondaries washed with rufous on inner web ; 
some of the under wing-coverts with indistinct whitish edgings ; 
under tail-coverts creamy-white washed with cinnamon towards the 
tips of the middle ones ; “bill dark yellowish brown, passing towards 
the base of the lower mandible into dusky yellow; feet and claws 
light yellowish-brown ; eyes dark brown” (Sir A. Smith). Total 
length, 7:5 inches; culmen, 0°7; wing, 4°1; tail, 3°2; tarsus, 1:2. 
Sir Andrew Smith says that the female is “ not quite so bright 
as the male, and the brown streaks on the breast are less distinct.” 
Fig. Smith, Il. Zool, S. Afr. Aves, pl. xxix. 
