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Tail : Bright cinnamon, crossed by a broad subterminal band of deep 

 black; the two central rectrices broadly tipped with cinnamon, the same 

 in shade as the body of the tail ; the other rectrices more broadly tipped with 

 clear white ; the outer rectrix has the outer web pure white and the inner 

 web with some white area above the subterminal black band ; seen from 

 below, the tail is dull cinnamon in color, with the decorations as described 

 above. 



Wings : Upper wing-coverts dark slate-blue, spotted with round black 

 dots, the primary series barred with black ; quills black, the inner webs 



FIG. 342. 



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Cerchneis cinnamomina. Female. P. U. O. C. 7896. Natural size. 



barred with white ; the secondaries are black at their bases and till near 

 the end, a broad slate-blue area here tipped with white ; the inner primaries 

 are generally bluish near their tips and white at the tip. 



Lower parts: Chin and upper throat immaculate white; the lower 

 throat, breast and chest strongly tinged with cinnamon and the rest of the 

 lower surface white, with a creamy tint ; the sides and breast decorated 

 with pear-shaped or tear-shaped black spots on each feather ; abdomen, 

 thighs and lower tail-coverts immaculate creamy white. 1 Bill horn-blue ; 

 feet orange-yellow ; iris deep brown. 



Immature and young males of the year are essentially like the adult 

 males ; the markings on the lower parts pervade the upper breast as well 

 as the chest and sides and are more streaks than spots ; the general color 

 below is creamy white. 



Adult female. P. U. O. C. 7897; 12 December, 1897; Punta Arenas, 

 Chili. J. B. Hatcher, collector. Or. No. 13. [Breeding; W. E. D. S.] 



individuals lack the cinnamon suffusion on the under parts. 



