288 SYLVIAD^E. 



The beak is brown ; the base of the under mandible 

 paler in colour than the other parts : the irides hazel ; 

 the top of the head, back, and wings, greenish brown ; 

 the centres of the feathers darker brown, producing a 

 spotted appearance : the feathers of the tail graduated and 

 of a uniform brown, the ends triangularly pointed. Chin, 

 throat, breast, and belly, pale brown, spotted with darker 

 brown on the neck and breast ; under tail-coverts pale 

 brown, streaked along the centre with darker brown ; legs, 

 toes, and claws, pale brown. 



The whole length five inches and a half. The wings 

 short: from the carpal joint to the end of the longest 

 primary, two inches and three-eighths; the first feather 

 very short ; the second longer than the fifth, but not 

 so long as the fourth ; the third the longest in the 

 wing. 



Females do not differ much from males on the upper 

 parts of the body ; but the under parts are destitute of 

 the brown spots on the breast, and are of a uniform pale 

 brown or buff colour, as described by Mr. Heysham of 

 Carlisle from a specimen obtained in that neighbourhood. 



