ERYTHROPYGIA PECTORALIS.— Smith. 



AvES. — Plate XLIX. — Male. 



E. capite, cervice, intcrscapularibiis dorsoque summo brunncis griseo-tinctis ; gutture, abdomineqiie flavo- 

 albis : pectore pallide isabellina bninneo-strigatis ; dorso inio, uropygio, caiidaeque tectricibus siipe- 

 rioribus subfernigiueis ; alarum tectricibus primariis secundariisque nigro-brunneis albo-niarginatis, 

 lineam longitudinalem albam fomiantibus ; rcmigibus brunneo-rubris externe versus basin pallide 

 rufo-marginatis. Cauda nigro-brunnea, pluinarura apicibus albis. 



LoNGiTUDO capitis cum corpore, 3 unc. li lin. ; caiidse 3 unc. H lin. 



Erythropygia PECTORALIS, Smith. — Rep. of Exped. App. p. 46., .June 1336. 



Colour.- — The upper surface of the head intermediate between yellowish 

 brown and brocoli brown ; the neck superiorly together with the interscapu- 

 lars, and the anterior half of the back yellowish brown, tinted with brocoli- 

 brown; posteriorhalf of back, rump, and upper tail coverts deep reddish orange. 

 Chin, middle of abdomen, and under tail coverts pale cream-yellow ; breast 

 light sienna-yellow, streaked with umber brown— one streak along the centre 

 of each feather ; thighs cream-yellow externally spotted with umber brown ; 

 flanks dull reddish orange, shaded with light chesnut brown. Eye-brows 

 pale cream-yellow, each margined superiorly with a slender streak of umber- 

 brown ; feathers immediately in front of eyes, and a rudimentary line on each 

 side of throat, from base of lower mandible blackish brown; ear coverts pale 

 rufous, clouded with brown. Primar\- and secondary quill coverts, and the 

 lesser wing coverts, liver brown, some of the last named feathers tipped with 

 white, the others margined with rusty greJ^ A few of the innermost of the 

 primary quill coverts, and most of the secondaries are edged externally, and 

 partially tipped with white, so that each wing appears crossed obliquely by 

 two irregular white bands. Primary and secondary quill feathers brownish 

 red, with their outer vanes towards the quills narrowly edged with wood brown ; 

 tertiary quill feathers liver-brown, broadly margined with yellowish brown. 

 Tail liver-brown, the feathers rusty towards their edges, and white at the 

 points, the quantity of white greatest on tlie external feather of each side, 

 and least on the two middle ones, upon which it is almost invisible. Bill liver- 



