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and rump. Quills also dark brown, irregularly barred, and 

 edged with rufous. Tail, on the upper parts, brown, lighter 

 beneath, tipped with dirty white, and with about twelve ir- 

 regular transverse bars of pale rufous, white at base above 

 and below. Under parts generally, with the exception of 

 the under wing-coverts, which are rufous and the tips 

 of the quills which are dark brown, pale buff, becom- 

 ing almost white on the under tail-coverts, with a few 

 scattering sagittate and cordate spots of reddish brown on 

 the breast and sides. Stripes running from the gape down 

 the side of the neck, and a narrow one on the chin and 

 upper part of the throat brown. There is a pale buff 

 superciliary stripe. Lores dusky mixed with white ; tibiae 

 pale rufous, unspotted; tarsi long and slender, entirely 

 naked behind, feathered down about an inch in front. 

 There are thirteen transverse scales in front, and sixteen 

 behind. The scales end abruptly in front and behind, on 

 the lower part of the tarsi, also on the upper part in front; 

 but behind they run greatly into smaller quinquangular 

 scales ; feet not very strong ; claws much curved, and 

 proportionate to the size of the feet. 



Measurement of B. lineatus. 



The specimen was shot among a thick growth of small 

 pines, beeches, etc., in a swampy place. 



