OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 323 



changing on the throat to pale fulvous^ and on the body 

 and vent to rufous : wings unspotted : tail dusky, 

 banded with black. 



Inhabits Brazil. Rare. Mus. Nost. 



Size of T. rutilus. Total length 51 inches ; bill thick, strong, 

 ^ ; ditto, from the nostril ^ ; wings 2^ ; tarsus f^ ; tail, base 

 2-^. Wing covers unspotted : a few obscure transverse lines 

 on the tertial quills ; fourth, fifth, and sixth quills longest : 

 lores black : the maxillary stripe is white, bordered beneath 

 by a deep black line : ears striped with white. 



128. Platyurus niger. 



Entirely sooty black. Tail short. 



Inhabits Chili. Mr. William Hooker's Collection. 



Size of a wren. Total length about 4 inches ; bill, gape ^ ; 

 wings 2 ; tail short, almost hid by its covers, and about 1 inch 

 from the base ; tarsus -^ ; hind toe and claw ^. Feet pale : 

 bill black. 



129. Geositta antho'ides. 



Dark brown above ; paler beneath : chin and upper 

 tail covers dull white : breast with blackish stripes : 

 lesser quills ferruginous, with a black central band. 



Inhabits Chili. Mr. W. Hooker's Collection. 



Total length 6 inches ; bill, front ^g ; wings 3^; tail, beyond, 

 1; tarsus fg ; hind toe f^ ; its claw ^. Bill much rounded 

 above : the under plumage is uniform cream colour, which is 

 only broken by dusky stripes, as in the larks (one on each side 

 each feather), upon the breast : lateral tail feathers black, but 

 ferruginous at their base; lesser quills ferruginous, with abroad 

 blackish band towards their middle ; the greater quills ferru- 

 ginous only on their inner shafts ; tertials nearly as long as the 

 primaries ; outer tail feather edged with white : bill and legs 

 brown. 



130. Dendrophila flavipes. 



Bill and feet yellow : upper plumage caerulean blue, 

 varied with black ; lower, from the chin to the body, 

 pure white : crown, ears, nape, and belly, deep black. 



Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. 



Total length nearly 5 inches; bill, gape -^g ; wings 3 ; tail, 



base \\ ; hind toe and claw ^g ; middle toe and claw the same. 



This is a most beautiful bird. The greater covers of the 



wings are deep black, with a long oval stripe or spot of Dale 



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