ERYTHROPYGIA PAENA.— Smith. 



AvES. — Plate L. — Male and Young. 



E. capite suprcl obscure bruniieo, plnniis rufo-grisoo marginatis ; cervlco rufo-griseo ; interscapxilaribus 

 dorsoquo summo flavo-nifis ; dorso inio, iiropygio, caudaj tectricibus superioribiis, caudaque versus 

 basin rubro-aurantiis ; gutture albo ; pectore ventreque pallid^ lactifloribus, pectoris abdominisque 

 lateribus flavo-brunneo-tiuctis ; remigibus brunneo-rubris, externe pallid^ flavo-bninneo-marginatis ; 

 rcctricibus versus apices nigro-brunneis, quatuor extcniis singulorum albo-terniinatis ; supercillis lacti- 

 floribus. Rostro, nigro-bruniieo ; podibus livide griseo-brunneis. 



LoNGiTUDO .lb apice rostri ad basin caudie 3 unc. 3 lin. ; cauda', 2 unc. lin. 



Erythropygia PAENA, Siiiitli. — Rep. of Exped., App. p. 4,6., June, 183(i. 



Colour. — {Male, fig. a.) Head superiorly dull brown, the feathers distinctly 

 edged and tipped with rusty grey ; upper aspect of neck rusty grey ; inter- 

 scapulars and anterior half of back intermediate between Dutch-orange and 

 yellowish brown; hinder part of back, rump, upper tail coverts and the basal 

 two-thirds of tail clear reddish orange, last third of tail feathers liver brown, 

 the edges of the feathers rusty, and the four outer ones of each side broadly 

 tipped with white; chin and throat white ; breast, belly, and vent pale cream- 

 yellow ; the sides of the breast and the flanks with a strong tint of rusty 

 yellowish brown. Lesser wing coverts pale greyish brown ; primary and 

 secondary quill coverts brownish red, the latter externally edged with pale 

 wood-brown. Quill feathers brownish red, delicately edged externally with 

 wood-brown, which on a iew of the primaries, towards their bases, becomes 

 strongly tinted with buff-orange ; several of the secondaries are narrowly 

 tipped with white, the inner vanes of most of the quill feathers broadly edged 

 with yellowish white ; the inner surface of the shoulders pale cream-yellow. 

 Bill liver-brown ; eyes reddish brown ; legs livid greyish brown. 



Form, &c. — Figure slight; bill rather slender, and slightly curved, the 

 culmen arched, from the base, the curvature rather abrupt towards the point ; 

 emargination near tip of upper mandible, scarcely visible; nasal yb55<5 deep. 

 Wings short, rounded, and when folded reach over nearly the first third of the 

 tail, the third, fourth, and fifth quill feathers of the same length and the 



