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Cheeks pale brownish, separated from the whitish chin and throat by 

 a narrow dusky brownish submalar streak, sides of breast brownish, 

 paler and inclined to buffy in centre of breast. Belly whitish, flanks 

 buffy yellowish brown with dusky shaft streaks. Under tail-coverts pale 

 yellow. 



A specimen in Juvenal plumage, taken May I7th, in company 

 with both parents, which were also collected, is olive brown above and 

 wood brown below with paler throat and crissum ; the wing and tail 

 quills are similar to those of the adult female but with the olive yel- 

 low quill edgings less pronounced. 



The parent birds taken with the young described above indicate 

 that the males begin breeding before having acquired the fully adult 

 dress. The male in this case is similar to those described above as 

 "immature" and is in what might be more specifically termed the first 

 nuptial plumage. 



Four nests of this species were found on the 1905 expedition. 

 One, which was not taken nor the eggs secured, was placed in the hol- 

 low of a horizontal limb about 4.5 m. from the ground. The second, 

 taken June i/th, was in a sand bank in an old nest-hole of the large 

 Kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata, 45.7 cm. back from the mouth. The nest, 

 which was rather deeply cup-shaped, was embedded in the sand as though 

 a hole had been scratched for its reception. Inside it measured 

 2.2 cm. deep by 2.9 cm. in diameter. It is constructed entirely of 

 fine rootlets and dried grass-stems. The four fresh eggs found in 

 this nest are short ovate in form and measure 16.5x13.5, 17x13.5 

 and 17 x 13 and 17 x 13 mm. respectively. They are pale nile blue 

 speckled with vandyke and seal brown, the spots forming a ring about 

 the larger end. 



The third nest was found June I7th. This was placed about 91.5 

 cm. up in a crevice between the rocks in a stone wall. The eggs 

 were fresh. One is rounded ovate in shape and the remaining three 

 short ovate. They measure 13x15, 13x16, 13x16 and 13.5x16.5 

 mm. The color is as in the set described above, but the aggregation 

 of spots about the larger ends is not so pronounced. The parent bird 

 was shot as she left the nest and is the adult female described above. 

 A nest found April 28, 1898, at Quiribana de Caicara contained four 

 eggs with incubation far advanced. This nest was situated behind 

 the loose bark of an old rotten stump about 30 cm. from the ground. 

 The nesting materials consisted entirely of soft dry grasses. 



