242 SYLVLAJLE. 



dinal central patches of darker blackish brown ; rump 

 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 greyish 

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

 thers ash-grey, tipped with dull buffy 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 longest 

 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, ex- 

 cept that their colours are not so bright. 





