64- SCOLOPACIM. 



the tertials brown, edged with light brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts brown, with lighter-coloured borders ; the tail 

 cuneiform, the centre feathers black, the shafts and edges 

 lighter ; the feathers on each side light brown, enclosed by 

 a zone of black, and edged with white ; the chin, sides of 

 the neck, throat, and breast, light brown, tinged with buff; 

 abdomen, flanks, and under tail- coverts, white, but per- 

 vaded also with the buff colour of the higher parts ; the 

 sides of the neck spotted, from the dark centres of the 

 feathers occupying a larger surface than upon the front ; 

 axillary plume pure white ; under surface of the broad 

 web of the primaries beautifully mottled with dark 

 specks; under surface of the secondaries ending in 

 sabre-shaped points, presenting a series of lines formed 

 by alternating shades of white, black, and dusky bands, 

 which in the adult bird are well defined, and present a 

 beautifully-variegated appearance, peculiar to this species. 

 The legs are bare for half an inch above the joint; 

 the tarsus measures one inch and a quarter ; legs and toes 

 brown, the claws black. The whole length of the bird is 

 about eight inches. From the carpal joint to the end of 

 the first quill-feather, which is the longest, five inches and 

 a quarter. 



