ME. T. E. GUINN's OKNITHOLOGIOAL NOTES. 329 



No. Sex '^^^^^ Extend. Wing- 

 length, wings, carpus, 

 inch. inch. inch. 



1. <? Qi ... 3| 



2. c? H 91 3A 



3. 6 H n 3^% 



4. $ 6i n 3i 



■5. 2 6J n 3i 



6. $ 6f 9^- 3 



7. c? H H 3 



8. d H 9f 3 



9. 2 6i 9i 3 



10. 2 H n- 3| 



n. d 6^ 9f 3 



12. S 6i 9i 3f 



those of the first five if anything having the advantage. Nos. 

 1 to 5 inclusive had blue throats, and were probablj birds of the 

 previous year, although not fully adult. Nos. 6 to 12 inclusive 

 were evidently birds of the year, and showed no trace whatever of 

 the blue throat. In nos. 1, 2, and 3, all males, the irides were 

 dark brown ; the head, back, and upper surface of wings clove- 

 brown, the feathers of the crown had a darker centre, and those 

 of its wings with pale outer edges ; the streak over the eye of a 

 dirty white, assuming a rufous tint from the eye to base of bill ; 

 the markings of the throat and neck varied considerably, a black 

 line of feathers, either more or less broken, extended from the 

 gape down each side of its neck, meeting a bar of blue that crossed 

 the chest ; below this a fine line of Wack, then a band of deep bay. 

 The bar of blue in no. 1 was narrow and intermixed with black ; 

 space below ear-coverts dirty white, tinged with buff", and mixed 

 with a few pale-blue feathers ; the throat was white, with a narrow 

 bar of bay just above the blue in one, a deeper bar in another, 

 and in the third the throat all bay, excepting just under the 

 chin, which was dirty white. The two females, nos. 4 and 5, had 

 also blue bars across the chest, which were paler in hue, and 

 broken up with some dark feathers, and were therefore not so 

 sharp and distinct as in the males. In the 7 younger birds the 

 chin and throat were white, the black feathers extending from each 

 side of its neck and across the chest in form somewhat resembling 

 a horseshoe. The tail-feathers, excepting the two centre ones, 

 had the basal half of a bright bay, the rest dark clove-brown ; 

 under tail-coverts pale rufous ; belly grejish white, with rufous 

 tinge; flanks greyish brown; legs and toes brown. 



In dissection I found the whole of their stomachs to contain. 



