GOLDMAN'S NUN BIRD 



Male. Above grayish brown (including sides 

 of head), passing to chestnut on rump, the 

 top of the head, hindneck, back, and wing 

 coverts, dotted, the forehead, ear coverts and 

 sides of neck, streaked with buff; long, drooping 

 mustache-like tufts of whitish. at front of cheeks; 

 chin and sides of throat brown narrowly streaked 

 with white, the middle of the throat and chest 

 plain tawny buff; remaining under parts pale 

 buffy tinged with tawny and heavily streaked 

 on breast and sides with dusky. Iris red; bill 

 about as long as head, tapering and curved at 

 tip, dusky above and greenish below. Plumage 

 of soft, loose texture. 



Female. Similar to male. 



Not uncommonin thick jungle and forest under- 

 growth. A pair of these birds, and on another 

 occasion a male alone, were seen in the jungle 

 near one of the trails on the higher part of 

 Barro Colorado Island. They were perched on 

 low branches and were silent and not at all shy. 



5. Monasa fidelis Nelson 

 Goldman's Nun Bird 



Length (based on one male specimen) about 

 258 mm. (10.20 in.); tail 115 mm. (4. 50 in.). 



Sexes alike. Forehead, in front of eyes, fore 

 part of cheeks, chin and upper throat, white 

 faintly tinged with rusty brown; remaining 

 parts of head and neck all around, black shading 

 into bluish slaty black on chest and bluish slate 

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