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a broad black terminal border, and another spot of black above 

 the white ; throat, fulvous white, passing" to black in front of the 

 neck, but no white below this (as in A. atrogularis) , nor do the 

 black spots descend visibly upon the breast, though on turning" 

 up the feathers a rudiment appears upon each of the black and 

 white markings, which become so developed on the flanks; crown, 

 brown, black-spotted, and passing- to whitish on the sides of 

 forehead ; back and scapulars scarcely differing from those of 

 atrogularis.' 3 



Although this sufficiently indicates the species referred to, it 

 is hardly satisfactory or sufficient. 



The posterior half of the forehead, the crown, and occiput a 

 rich olive brown, each feather with a black, more or less, triangu- 

 lar spot at the tip on the shaft ; lores and a narrow line above 

 and below the eye, uniting* in a triang-ular spot behind the eye, 

 and a line running" backwards from the apex of this spot over 

 the top of the ear coverts, widening* behind, them and more or 

 less encircling them, black ; anterior half of forehead, and a line 

 continued backwards over the eye (narrow immediately above it 

 and widening behind it), and above the ear coverts and the 

 black line already described. Chin, cheeks, and ear coverts, pale 

 unspotted fulvous fawn ; the throat and neck all round, of much 

 the same color, but more olivaceous on the back of the neck, and 

 each feather with a more or less black triangular spot at the 

 tip. Breast, unspotted olivaceous brown, with more or less of a 

 ferruginous tinge ; middle of abdomen and vent white ; sides 

 and flanks pale olivaceous brown, those nearest the centre of the 

 abdomen with a strong tinge of the same rusty as the breast, 

 each feather with a terminal black band, above which is a large oval 

 pure white spot, and in a few of the feathers some black markings 

 again above this spot. The lower tail coverts a more or less 

 rusty olive brown, in some pale ferruginous, those nearest 

 the vent tipped with white, and all with one or more imperfect, 

 broad, transverse, black bands. The lower surface of the quill, 

 pale satin grey ; median lower coverts, white ; lesser lower coverts, 

 dark brown. The entire back, rump, and upper tail coverts, a 

 bright, pale, olive brown ; the feathers, more or less black-shafted, 

 and with two or three narrow, wavy, transverse, black bands, most 

 conspicuous on the upper back, much less so on the rump and 

 upper tail coverts, w T here, however, black, more or less, diamond- 

 shaped spots on the shafts are more conspicuous ; besides the 

 bars, most of the feathers are very narrowly fringed with black- 

 ish or dusky. The scapulars and tertiaries, bright chestnut, with 

 a huge, black, oval patch near the tip, and above that a broad 

 patch, extending over one or both webs, of pale, olivaceous grey. 

 The primaries, their greater coverts, and the winglet, plain 

 hair-brown, the primaries only slightly freckled at their margins 



