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end, the edges a little inflected, without notch, the tip acuminate ; nos- 

 trils basal, oblong, operculate ; lower mandible with the angle rather 

 short and obtuse, the dorsal line straight, the sides convex, the edges 

 inflected, the tip acuminate, the gape-line nearly straight. 



Head of moderate size, ovate ; neck rather short ; body slender. 

 Feet of moderate length, slender ; tarsus longer than the middle toe, 

 much compressed, covered anteriorly by seven scutella, posteriorly by 

 two plates meeting so as to form a very thin edge ; toes small, much 

 compressed ; hind toe comparatively large, lateral toes nearly equal, 

 middle toe much longer ; claws moderate, well curved, much compres- 

 sed, laterally grooved, acute. 



Plumage very soft and blended. Wings of moderate length, the 

 second quill longest, the third scarcely shorter, the first and fourth 

 about equal, the first with the outer web narrowed in its whole length, 

 the next three toward the end; secondaries long, rather narrow, rounded. 

 Tail rather long, nearly even, the middle feathers being scarcely a twelfth 

 of an inch shorter than the lateral. 



Bill and feet black ; iris brown. The general colour of the upper 

 parts is light ash-grey, of the lower white ; the upper part of the head, 

 and a patch on the wing, formed by the first row of small coverts and 

 the secondary coverts, bright yellow ; a band from the bill to the eye, 

 continued under it, and enlarging behind, so as to include the ear- 

 coverts, together with the throat to the extent of about an inch, black ; 

 a white band from over the eyes to behind the ears, and another from 

 the lower mandible down the side of the neck, enlarging as it proceeds ; 

 the sides under the wings very pale ash-grey. The quills and tail- 

 feathers are brown, edged with ash-grey ; the outer three feathers of 

 the tail have a large portion of the inner web white. 



Length to end of tail 4i inches, to end of wings 3| ; extent of 

 wings 7f ; bill along the ridge ||, along the edge of lower mandible 

 1^ ; wing from flexure 2^^ ; tail 2i ; tarsus l\ ; hind toe 1^2, its claw 

 I'j ; middle toe, 1% its claw ^^. 



Adult Female. Plate CCCCXIV. Fig. 2. 



The Female resembles the male, but has the tints less bright, the 

 sides of the head and the throat grey instead of black, and the white 

 bands on the head narrower and less extended. 



Length to end of tail 4 inches, to end of wings 3| ; extent of 

 wings 1^. 



