BAY-BIRDS. 159 
a narrow black band, above with a broad band of 
the same color; rest part of the head wood-brown ; 
lateral toes connected by a membrane as far as the 
first joint; inner toes, about half that distance. 
Adult male with the bill flesh color at base, anterior 
to the nostrils black ; a line of black commences. at 
the base of the upper mandible, passes back to the 
eye, curving downward on the sides of the neck; a 
band on the fore part of the head pure white; fore 
part of crown, black ; occiput, wood-brown ; chin, 
throat, and fore neck, passing round on the hind 
neck, pure white ; directly below, on the lower por- 
tion of the neck, a broad band of black; upper 
plumage, wood-brown ; primaries, blackish-brown ; 
shafts, white—blackish-brown at their tips; secon- 
daries slightly edged with white on the mner webs; 
outer webs, nearest to the shafts, an elongated spot 
of white; wing-coverts wood-brown; secondary 
coverts broadly tipped with white; breast, abdo- 
men, sides, and lower tail-coverts, pure white ; tail 
brown, lighter at the base; outer feathers white— 
the rest broadly tipped with white, excepting the 
middle pair, which are slightly tipped with the 
same. Female similar, with the upper part of the 
head and the band on the neck brown. Length, 
seven inches and a quarter; wing five.”— Giraud. 
