252 SYLVIAD^E. 



greyish brown ; wing-primaries blackish brown, the centre 

 of each tertial still darker, edged on both sides with reddish 

 brown, and tipped with dull white ; both the small and 

 large wing-coverts reddish brown, varied with black, and 

 tipped with a spot of white ; upper surface of tail-feathers 

 dark brown, tipped with buff: chin, throat, and front of 

 the neck, dull white, with a small black spot on each fea- 

 ther ; chest dark grey ; the breast and flanks varied with 

 chestnut-coloured patches: under tail-coverts dark grey- 

 ish brown, edged with dull white ; under surface of tail- 

 feathers ash grey, tipped with dull buiFy white : legs and 

 toes orange brown ; claws black. 



Length of the bird described six inches and a half. 

 From the carpal joint of the wing to the end of the long- 

 est wing-feather three inches and five -eighths : the first 

 feather very short, the second feather longer than the 

 fourth, the third the longest in the wing. 



The females do not differ in plumage from the males, 

 except that their colours are not so bright. 



