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TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUAliTER 



100. Leptonyx melanotis. 



Above, sparrow brown, varied 

 with blackish stripes on the head, 

 grey on the neck, and rufous on 

 the back ; beneath, white, im- -^ 

 maculate : ear feathers very large, 

 spreading, and black : sides of the 

 head with a broad white band : 

 under wing covers, and margin of the wings, bright yel- 

 low: tail feathers narrow, black, tip t with white. (^ fig. 62.) 



Inhabits the plains of South Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



Size rather less than a sparrow. Total length 5^ inches ; 

 bill, in front ^; ditto, gape ^; wings 2^^; tarsus 5§ ; hind 

 toe and claw ii ; middle ditto J^. Upper mandible brown ; 

 lower, pale buff: front and crown black, mixed with grey, and 

 with rufous on the nape : neck and its sides almost entirely 

 grey : rest of the upper feathers dark rufous in the middle : 

 wings, towards their outer edge, strongly tinged with yellow : 

 legs pale. 



101. AiMOPHiLA superciliosa. 



Above, sparrow brown, striped with black ; beneath, 

 cinereous grey : eye stripe and chin white : lores and 

 lower border of the eye black : crown dark chestnut, 

 with a paler central stripe, (fig. 63. e, f, g) 



Inhabits Mexico. Mus. Nost. 



Total length 7 inches ; bill, gape ^ ; front the same ; wings 

 .S^ ; tail, beyond, 2 ; base 3 ; tarsus fg ; hind toe and claw ■^. 

 All the feathers above striped with black in the middle : the 

 eye stripe is very broad and cream coloured, beginning at the 

 nostrils and passing beyond the ears ; these latter are blackish, 



