MORPHXUS. 



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and broken up into irregular bands ; tail black, with four mottled 

 grey bands and tipped with a similar colour; head, face, and 

 throat pale brown with darker shaft-lines ; fore-neck and chest 

 blackish ; remainder of the under surface white, freckled with 



3Ior])Jiiivs f/uirineiisis. f nat. size. 



Fig. 52. — To show the scutellatiDns on the tarsi and toes and the 

 large bind claw. 



brown and barred with black ; the bands on the qtiills and tail 

 below much [)ah'r than above. 



Total length iS20 nun., cuhuen (including the core) 4;).Aving -ir)2, 

 tail ;')().'), tarsus 10."), middle toe and claw 71, hind i-law witliont 



toe ;;.s. 



Tlie bird described was collecte*! on the Muzaruni l\iver. 

 fireedinrf-xeasnii. Uid<nown in I'ritish (iiiiana. 



