118 BARBED WABBLEB. 



with dark gi'ey wavy lines, especially well-marked on the under tail 

 coverts, taking there a lanceolate form. In the young birds these wavy 

 lines are indistinct, but as they increase in age, especially the males, 

 they become more numerous and darker. Beak slightly hooked at 

 the tip; iris deep yellow; feet yellowish grey. 



In the female the colour is duller above, and the chest and flanks 

 tinted with russet; the white spots at the end of the tail are smaller 

 and not so distinct. 



The young before the first moult, according to Temminck, are of a 

 uniform grey. Vieillot and Miihle say they are covered with crescentic 

 spots, which are greyish brown on the neck and throat, chest and flanks. 



After the first moult they have the upper parts grey, with indistinct 

 bands of a russet white; under parts white, except the flanks, which 

 are very slightly marked with grey. 



The bird figured is an adult female sent to me by M. Verreaux. 

 The e^g is from a nest of six in my own collection, sent to me by 

 the late Her Seidensacher. The e^^ is sometimes found without any 

 spots, being of a pure glossy greenish white. 



This bird has also been figured by Eoux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 222, 

 (male;) Gould, B. of E.; and Naumann, Taf., 76; Dresser, B. of E. 



As Gould and Roux have figured males I have thought it best to 

 give a drawing of the female, though males are figured in this work 

 as a general rule. 



