132 DABTFOBD WABBLEB. 



lower one; iris, reddish yellow. Head on the sides and crown, 

 neck on the back and nape, blackish grey; the chin, which is 

 streaked with whitish, throat, breast, and sides, reddish brown 

 or light reddish purple; on the lower part the breast is nearly 

 white; back, blackish grey or brown, partly tinged with olive, 

 the feathers somewhat hair-like. 



The wings, which are very short, have the first quill feather 

 the smallest, the second of the same length as the seventh, 

 the third and the sixth equal, the fourth and fifth also equal, 

 and the longest; underneath, the wings are purple grey; greater 

 and lesser wing coverts, blackish brown, edged with grey; 

 primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, blackish brown edged 

 with grey or rusty olive-colour. The tail, which is long, 

 extending two inches beyond the closed wings, and cuneiform 

 or wedge-shaped, is blackish brown, the side feathers, which 

 are nearly half an inch shorter than the middle ones, tipped 

 and margined with greyish white; underneath, it is purple 

 grey; upper tail coverts, greyish black; under tail coverts, 

 reddish purple grey. Legs and toes, light reddish brown; 

 claws, dusky. 



The female resembles the male, but is more tinged with 

 light brown on the upper parts, and on the lower is of a 

 lighter rufous; the throat is more streaked with whitish. 



The young are similarly marked; the eye is yellowish. 



