268 STRIPE-BREASTED BRISTLE-NECK. 



for although M. Temminck, who had his specimen 

 from us, states that it is distinguished from its con- 

 geners by unusually large feathers on the throat, 

 and therefore calls it barbatus, this statement, 

 nevertheless, is by no means correct, for these en- 

 larged feathers are equally conspicuous both in 

 T. olivaceus and gularis. The name, therefore, 

 being founded in palpable error, appears to us not 

 fit to be retained. 



The chief distinction of this bird is the striped 

 plumage of the throat and breast ; for although the 

 chin and part of the throat seems to be pure yellow, 

 yet it will be found that each feather is almost white 

 in the middle. M. Temminck has not noticed this, 

 and his description is so imperfect in other respects, 

 that we shall now endeavour to amend it. 



Size of a small thrush. General colour of the 

 back, wings, and tail dark olive-green, with a very 

 slight tinge of ferruginous on the latter part. Head 

 and neck dark brown, each feather having a shade 

 of light grey around it ; this brown gradually be- 

 comes olive on the interscapulars and the remain- 

 ing parts of the plumage, where there is no grey 

 whatever. The chin, and a little way down the 

 throat, is pale or canary-coloured yellow ; the fea- 

 thers being somewhat larger than usual, but not 

 particularly so, and each alre so pale in the middle 

 as to be almost pure white ; the ears are grey-brown, 

 each feather being striped with dusky yellow ; the 

 lower part of the neck, the breast, and nearly the 

 whole of the body is olive, nearly as dark as the 



