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and throat pinkish -white. Upper plumage entirely 

 brownish- orange, with the exception of a few trans- 

 verse streaks of black upon the exterior webs of 

 some of the wing-coverts nearest the body. Under 

 plumage deep vinaceous red. Axillary feathers and 

 part of under wing-coverts black. Tail with the 

 two middle feathers brownish-orange, the remainder 

 brownish-black, with reddish-brown tips, moderate- 

 ly curvated. Bill and orbits bluish-gray. Legs and 

 toes pale red, the outer side of the tarsus with a row 

 of small feathers down the line of junction between 

 the acrotarsia and paratarsia. Quills broad, the 

 fourth with a large projecting notch towards the 

 middle of the inner web. The fe- 

 mal' has the crown of the head of a 

 sordid gray. The upper plumage o. 

 a wood-brown, tinged with red ; the 

 scapulars and wing-coverts marked 

 as on the male. Under plumage dirty 

 gray, tinged with pale purplish -red. 

 Another species, the Chccmepelia 

 Picui, in the colour of the plumage 

 greatly resembles the female Talpi- 

 coit. The wing-coverts are more 

 deeply tinged with red, and the black 

 bars upon them ratherbroader. The 

 whole of the under wing-coverts, as 

 well as the greater quills, are black, 

 The tail is moderately rounded, with 

 the margin of the exterior feathers 



