PLATYRHYNCHUS CAPENSIS.— Smith. 



AvEs. — Plate XXVII. (Male and Female.) 



Mas. — PL capite supra nigro; cervice dorsoque flavo-brunneis, fusco-strigatis ; subtus sordid^ albus, parce 

 fusco-strigatus ; capistro, spatiisquo ante oculos pallide flavis ; alarum tectricibus minoribus, remigium 

 tectricibus, remigibusque griseo-brunneis, quibusdain subflavo-marginatis, lincas obliquas duos 

 versus basin alarum formantibus ; rectricibus griseo-brunneis pallide flavo-brunneo marginatis. 

 JIandibula superiore olivaceo-bruunea, inferiore subflava, ambobus argenteo-nitentibus ; pedibus, 

 unguibusque viride-flavis. 



Fern. — Capite sordid^ griseo, fusco-strigato, aliter ut in mare. 



LoNGiTUDO corporis cum capite 3 unc. 5 lin. ; caiidte 2 unc. 5 lin. 



Colour. — Space between eye and bill straw-yellow ; upper part of head 

 black, with a k\\ of the feathers at the base of the bill narrowly edged with 

 white. The back and sides of the neck, the interscapulars, the scapulars, the 

 back, and the rump, intermediate between yellowish brown and oil-green, 

 each feather with an oblong, umber-brown stripe along its centre — the feathers 

 of the neck are dusky grey towards their bases, those of the back pure white. 

 Chin, throat, breast and belly dirty white and variegated with narrow, longi- 

 tudinal, greyish brown streaks ; the sides of the breast and the vent are 

 faintly tinted here and there with ochre-yellow. Lesser wing-coverts, primary 

 and secondary quill-coverts, quill feathers and tail dark greyish brown ; seve- 

 ral of the lesser coverts and the secondary quill-coverts are broadly tipt with 

 dull sienna-yellow, and in this way are formed two oblique stripes of that 

 colour towards the anterior portion of each wing ; — each of the first-named 

 feathers which is so tipt has also a longitudinal umber-brown stripe in the 

 course of the shaft ; — the secondary wing coverts, together with the tertiary 

 quill feathers and a few of the innermost of the secondary quill coverts are 

 margined externally with pale yellowish brown, and as well as the remaining 

 quill feathers internally with white, most distinctly towards their bases. Tail 

 feathers faintly edged with light olive-brown, the colour most palpable upon 

 the outer vanes. Upper mandible dark olive-brown, lower, pale straw yellow, 

 and both are glossed with a silvery lustre. Feet and claws greenish yellow. 



Form. — Figure robust ; feathers lax and silky. Head large and broad ; 

 bill much depressed, very wide at the base and narrow at the tip, the 



