PYRENESTES FRONTALIS.— Swainson. 



AvEs. — Platks LXI. and LXII. 



Avis aduha. — P. fronte albii ; capite, cervice pectorcque antice aurantio-brunncis ; dorso, alis, caudaque 

 nigro-brunneis ; rectricibus ad basin albis, speculum album fuimantibus ; pectore postice abdomincque 

 brunneo-griseis ; rostro ad basin nigro-brunnco, antice flavo-griseo, subochreo-umbrato ; oculis 

 brunneis ; pcdibus brunnco-rubris. 



LoNGiTUDO ab apice rostri ad basin caudse 4 unc. -t lin. ; caudre 3 unc. 



Aeisjiin. — Supra obscure aurantio-brunneus, phimis flavo-brunneis marginatis ; subtus albus, brunneo- 

 strigatus ; rectricibus concoluribus ; rostro aurantlo ad basin ct apieem nigro-brunneo-niaculato. 



rvRRiirLA ALBiFRONS, Vir/oi's. — Proceedings of tbe Zool. Soc. of London for 1830, p. 02. 

 Pyeenestes frontalis, S'tcaiiis. — Lardner's Cjxlopwdia, Birds, vol. ii. page 277. 



Adult. — Plate LXI. 



Colour. — The feathers on each side of the base of the upper mandible white ; 

 the rest of the head, the neck, tlie interscapulars and the anterior portion of 

 the breast rusty orange-coloured brown, the interscapulars tinged and fading 

 behind into black brown, which is the colour of the back and upper tail 

 coverts. The lesser wing-coverts, the quill-coverts, the quill-feathers, and the 

 tail blackish or uniber-brown ; the wings with a white speculum formed by all 

 the quill-feathers being white at their base. The posterior portion of the breast, 

 the belly, and the under tail coverts dark brownish grey, obscurely tinted with 

 orange-coloured brown. The base of the upper mandible and the under sur- 

 face of the lower one livid blackish brown, the other portions dull j'ellowish 

 grey, clouded with cream-yellow. Legs and toes brownish red. Eyes dark 

 brown. 



Form, &c. — Bill large, powerful, and conical, the culraen entering deeply 

 between the feathers of the forehead, broad and flattened superiorly, and 

 gradually curved to the point ; the sides of the bill are compressed, its apex 

 pointed, and the cutting margins of both mandibles slightly sinuated ; the 

 lower mandible with a rounded angle close to the angle of the mouth. Wings 

 rounded, and when folded they reach nearly to the commencement of the 

 second half of the tail ; the fourth and fifth quill-feathers equal and longest, 

 the third and sixth scarcely shorter, the second and sixth rather shorter, and 

 the first about one-third of the length of the fifth, and narrow. Tail slightly 

 rounded. Legs and toes robust, the tarsi distinctly scutellated in front ; 

 claws strong and much curved and pointed. 



