PYRRHULAUDA VERTICALIS.-Smith. 



AvES. — Plate XXV. (Male, Female, Ax\d Young.) 



Mas. — r. capite, corporisquc partibus iuferioribus brunneo-nigris ; vertice, genis, fascia transversa pone 

 nucliam, macula ad latus pectoris, corporisque lateribus albis; dorso sorJide fusco, plumis oriseo-albis 

 niarpinatis ; alarum tectricibus minoribus, rcmigiumque tectricibus brunneis, albo-marginatis ; 

 remigibus rubro-brunneis, apicibus sub-albis ; cauda, rectrice externa excepta, bruuneo-nigra, 

 liac prsecipue, sub-alba ; oculis brunneis ; pedibus carneis. 



Fi'7ii. — Supra brunnea plumis pallide rufo-brunneo-marginatis ; gula guttureque subalbidis ; pectore rufo- 



albo, bruaneo-maculato ; abdomine nigro ; corporis lateribus, crissoque sordide albis. 

 LoNGiTUDo 5i unc. 



Megalotis teeticalis, Rep. of Exped. App. page 48, 1836. 



Colour. Male. — The crown of the head, the cheeks, a transverse bar on 

 the back of the neck, and an irregular blotch on each side of the breast, 

 together with the flanks, white ; the remainder of the head and under parts 

 rusty black. The interscapulars, back, rump, and upper tail coverts dirty 

 umber-brown, each feather irregularly edged with greyish white ; the lesser 

 wing coverts and the primary and secondary quill coverts umber-brown, 

 broadly edged with white ; the (|uill feathers broccoli-brown faintly tipt with 

 white, and the secondaries and tertiaries, besides, are margined externally 

 with the same colour ; inner aspect of shoulders umber-brown. Tail, with 

 the exception of the outermost feather of each side, umber-brown, the four 

 middle feathers darkest : the two feathers excepted are rusty white, with a 

 cloud of brown along the inner vane towards its inner margin, and each pre- 

 sents also a dash of the same tint upon the outer vane towards its quill. 

 Bill dusky white, with a livid shade ; eyes dark-brown ; legs and toes flesh- 

 coloured ; claws horn-coloured. 



Form, &c. — Typical. Head rather small. Bill considerably thicker than 

 that of P. Australis, its sides more convex, and the culmen more obtuse and 

 more arched ; commissure slightly waved. Wings rounded, and when 

 folded, reach to the last third of the tail, the first quill feather rudimentary, 

 the third and fourth of equal length and longest, the fifth rather shorter, the 

 second and sixth equal and considerably shorter than the fifth. Tail very 

 slightly forked. Tarsus and toes moderately robust, the outermost and 



