136 CORVID^l. 



umber brown, without spots ; the sides of the head, the 

 scapulars, the whole of the back, the lesser wing-coverts, 

 and all the under surface of the body, clove brown, each 

 feather terminating with an elongated triangular spot of 

 dull white ; the greater wing-coverts and the wings black- 

 ish brown, the ends of the feathers rather lighter in colour 

 than the other parts ; the rump uniform clove brown, with- 

 out spots ; upper tail-coverts blackish brown ; the middle 

 pair of the twelve tail-feathers also blackish brown, with- 

 out any white ; the next tail-feather on each side has a 

 narrow white tip; the white colour occupies more space 

 in each feather approaching the outside, increasing to a 

 space of three-quarters of an inch at the ends of those most 

 external ; the under tail-coverts and the under surface of 

 the tail-feathers greyish brown, the latter ending in dull 

 white ; tail in form nearly square at the end ; legs, toes, 

 and claws, black. 



The whole length of the specimen described was thirteen 

 inches and three-quarters. The length of the wing from 

 the carpal joint to the end of the longest quill -feather, seven 

 inches : the first quill-feather one inch and a half shorter 

 than the second, which second quill -feather is three-quarters 

 of an inch shorter than the third, the third equal in length 

 to the eighth ; the fourth, fifth, and sixth feathers one 

 quarter of an inch longer than the third, all three nearly 

 equal in length, and the longest in the wing. M. Tem- 

 minck says the brown plumage of the female is tinged with 

 red. 



