TELOPHONUS TRIYIRGATUS. — Smith. 



AvEs.— Plate XCIV. (Female.) 



T. superne olivaceus flavo-brunneo tinctus, iuferne siibochreus griseo tinctus; siiperciliis flavo-albi.s, striga 

 nitrr^ superne iuferneque niarginatis ; bumeris, remigibus priinariis, secundariisque externa cinnam- 

 omeis ; cauda graduata, rectricibus nigris albo-temiinatis. 



LoxGiTUDO e rostri apice ad basin caudee 3 unc, lin. ; caudae 4 unc. 



Colour. — Above light hair-brown tinged with yellowish brown, the colour 

 darkest on the top of the head and upper parts of the neck ; sides of head 

 below eyes yellowish grey dulled with brown; eyebrows cream-yellow 

 margined superiorly and inferiorly with deep shining black. Under parts 

 wood-brown, darkest towards the tail, the upper parts of the throat nearly 

 white; shoulders, quill coverts, and outer vanes of primary and secondary 

 quill feathers, reddish orange dulled with brown ; tertiary quill feathers and 

 inner vanes of primaries and secondaries brownish red ; the tertiaries nar- 

 rowly edged with pale reddish orange. Tail feathers black, broadly tipped 

 with white* ; upper tail coverts light sienna-yellow. Bill, — upper mandi- 

 ble pale orange coloured brown shaded with brownish red ; lower mandible 

 wine-yellow with a flesh coloured tint. Tarsi and toes pale brownish red, 

 and each of their scuta margined inferiorly with livid wine-yellow. Claws, 

 wood-brown, shaded with brownish red. Eyes deep reddish brown. 



Form, &c. — Figure rather slender ; feathers generally soft and silky. 

 Bill short, strongly compressed, and the upper mandible moderately hooked 

 at the point ; the tooth slightly developed ; culmen rather rounded and arched 

 from the base which enters deeply between the feathers of forehead. Lower 



* Tlie two middle tail feathers in the specimen described are wanting, hence their colour cannot be 

 particularized. 



