190 STANLEY HAWK, 



black. The general colour of the upper parts is dark greyish-brown. 

 Quills barred with brownish-black. Tail with four bars of brownish- 

 black, the terminal one broader ; the tips of all the feathers white. The 

 general colour of the lower parts is brownish- white. Sides of the head 

 and the throat longitudinally hned with dark brown; fore-neck and 

 breast marked with arrow-shaped spots of brownish-red, the shafts black- 

 ish. Legs similarly marked, the spots smaller, and transversely elon- 

 gated. Abdomen and under tail-coverts nearly free of spots. 



Length 20 inches, extent of wings 36; beak along the back 1|, 

 along the gap from the tip of the lower mandible 1 1 ; tarsus 2|, middle 

 toe 2^. Wings 4j inches shorter than the tail. 



Adult Female. Plate XXXVI. Fig. 2. 



Bill brownish-black above ; the base of the upper mandible, and the 

 greater part of the lower, light blue. Cere greenish. Iris yellow. Feet 

 greenish-yellow ; claws brownish-black. Head and neck brownish- white, 

 each feather with a large reddish-brown spot near the end. General 

 colour of the upper parts chocolate-brown ; quills and tail wood-brown, 

 barred as in the male. Under parts brownish-white. Throat and sides 

 of the head marked as in the male ; breast with guttiform spots of deep 

 browns legs with smaller, somewhat arrow-shaped spots of reddish- 

 brown. Abdomen and under tail-coverts whitish. 



Length 21^ inches, extent of wings 38; bill along the back 1|, 

 along the gap 1^; tarsus 3, middle toe 2f. Wings 5 inches shorter 

 than the tail. 



Young Male. Plate XXXVI. Fig. 1. 



Bill and feet coloured nearly as in the adult. Iris yellow, as in the 

 female. The general colour of the upper parts is dark umber ; several of 

 the scapulars, wing-coverts and vipper tail-coverts with a large spot of 

 white. Quills and tail-feathers barred as in the adult, the last bar on 

 the tail much narrower. Under parts light reddish-brown. Sides of the 

 head, and the neck longitudinally streaked with deep brown ; the mark- 

 ings on the breast and legs also longitudinal. 



Length 191, extent of wings 34; beak li ; wings 5^ inches shorter 

 than the tail. 



The bird represented as about to be seized by the male is the Blue- 

 bird, Saocicola Sialis of Bonaparte, Sylvia Sial'ts of other authors. 



