CERTHILAUDA SUBCORONATA. -Smith. 

 AvES.— Plate XC— Fig. 2. 



C. supra rufa, brunneo-strigata ; infra riifo-alba; gukt, gntturo, pectore, ventre antice lateribusque fusco- 

 virgatis ; remigibus rectricibusque griseo-brunneis, flavo-brunneo-inarginatis ; palpebris rufo-albis, 

 elongatis usque aJ nucham ; podibus rubro-flavis, carneo-tinctis ; rostro brunneo, rubro-fusco 

 unibrato. 



LoNGiTDDO e rostri apicc ad basin caud;e 5 unc. 4 liu.; caiid;e 3 unc. 2 lin. 



Colour. — The upper surface of the head, the interscapulars, and the back 

 intermediate between orpiment and reddish orange, and profusely mottled or 

 streaked with liver-brown, the central portion of each feather being of the 

 latter colour ; the back and sides of the neck dull wood-brown, variegated with 

 umber-brown spots. The lesser wing coverts pale orange-coloured brown, 

 with a liver-brown line in the course of the shaft, and tipped with white. 

 The primary and secondary quill coverts, and the primary, secondary, and 

 tertiary quill feathers greyish brown, the quill coverts narrowly edged with 

 pale yellowish brown, and tipped with white ; the primary quill feathers 

 narrowly edged and tipped with light yellowish brown, the secondaries 

 edged with rusty white and tipped with pure white, and the tertiaries edged 

 and tipped with ^vood-brown. Chin and throat white, finely mottled with 

 short, dull, umber-brown streaks; breast, anterior part of belly and flanks 

 dull sienna-yellow, variegated with narrow umber-brown streaks arranged in 

 irregular rows ; hinder portion of belly, vent and under-tail coverts rusty 

 white, the latter each with a yellowish brown streak in the course of the 

 shaft. Tail feathers greyish brown edged and rather broadly tipped with 

 sienna-j^ellow, in some places tinted with Dutch-orange. Eyebrows rusty 

 white, and prolonged so as nearly to meet on the nape. Legs and toes pale 

 buff-orange with a flesh tint. Bill light brownish red, shaded with umber- 

 brown. Eyes chesnut-brown. 



