AVES CHARADRIID/E 289 



rectrices wholly snuff brown with indistinct fringing of lighter at the 

 tips. 



Wing: Snuff brown in general appearance like the back. Wing cov- 

 erts like the back. Bastard wing and primary coverts snuff brown. 

 Quills snuff brown ; the exposed webs of the primaries darker and the 

 shafts of these quills creamy white. The secondaries much like the pri- 

 maries but without white shafts and the innermost small ones tipped with 

 pure white. 



Lower parts: Chin pale ashy grey, almost whitish, shading into fine 

 slate grey on the throat ; this color ends abruptly on the lower throat, the 

 entire breast being rich bright orange or cinnamon chestnut; this color 

 terminates abruptly and is outlined by a black pectoral band about three 

 quarters of an inch wide. The remainder of the lower parts pure white 

 with obscure brown markings on some of the lower tail coverts. ■ Thighs 

 brown. Axillaries and under wing-coverts white, some of the outer of 

 these coverts shading into ashy brown. Quills from below ashy brown. 



Bill "black" (H. Burmeister). 



Feet and legs "greenish grey" (H. Burmeister). 



Iris " dark brown " (J. B. Hatcher). 



The adult female is colored like the aduU male. 



Fig. 152. 



Zonihyx modestiis. Head of adult in winter. P. U. O. C. 7792. Female. Natural size. 



Adults in Winter Plmnage. — (Female adult P. U. O. C. 7792, Cape 

 Fairweather, Patagonia, 29 July, 1896, J. B. Hatcher.) 



Similar above to adults in summer, the feathers a little darker and many 

 of them with a narrow buffy fringing. Lower parts. The throat white. 

 Lower throat, fore neck, breast, and chest light snuff brown, each feather 

 narrowly margined with buffy white, giving a sandy appearance to the 



