242 SYLVIADA. 
dinal central patches of darker blackish brown; rump 
greyish brown ; wing-primaries blackish brown, the centre 
of each tertial still darker, edged on both sides with reddish 
brown, and tipped with dull white; both the small and 
large wing-coverts reddish brown, varied with black, and 
tipped with a spot of white; upper surface of tail-feathers 
dark brown, tipped with buff: chin, throat, and front of 
the neck, dull white, with a small black spot on each fea-. 
ther; chest dark grey; the breast and flanks varied with 
chestnut-coloured patches: under tail-coverts dark greyish 
brown, edged with dull white; under surface of tail-fea- 
thers ash-grey, tipped with dull buffy white: legs and toes 
orange brown ; claws black. 
Length of the bird described six inches and a half. 
From the carpal joint of the wing to the end of the longest 
wing-feather three inches and five-eighths: the first feather 
very short, the second feather longer than the fourth, the 
third the longest in the wing. 
The females do not differ in plumage from the males, ex- 
cept that their colours are not so bright. 
