136 THE NATURALIST’S GUIDE. 
‘and rump. Quills also dark brown, irregularly barred, and 
~edged with rufous Tail, on the upper parts, brown, lighter 
beneath, tipped with dirty white, and with about twelve ir- 
‘regular transverse bars of pale rufous, white at base above 
‘and below. Under parts generally, with the exception of 
‘the under wing-coverts, — which are rufous — and the tips 
of the quills — which are dark brown, — pale buff, becom- 
ing almost white on the under tail-coverts, with a few 
scattering sayittate and cordate spots of reddish brown on 
-the breast and sides. Stripes running from the gape down 
the side of the neck, and a narrow one on the chin and 
upper part of the throat brown. There is a pale buff 
superciliary stripe. Lores dusky mixed with white ; tibice 
‘pale rufous, unspotted ; tarsi long and slender, entirely 
naked behind, feathered down about an inch in front. 
‘There are thirtecn transverse scales in front, and sixteen 
behind. The scales end abruptly in front and behind, on 
the lower part of the tarsi, also on the upper part in front; 
but behind they run greatly into smaller quinquangular 
scales ; fect not very strong; claws much curved, and 
proportionate to the size of the feet. 
Measurement of B. lineatus 
Locality. | Date. 
| Middle Toe and Claw. 
Hind Toe and Claw. 
| Middle Claw alone. 
| 
| Tlind Claw alone. 
| Wing. 
| Tail. 
Bill, 
| | 
— | 14.76 | 950 | 0.90 | 2.75 | 1.90] 0.75 2.10 0.95 
1866. 
Cambridge | Nov. 17 
8 | Length (about). 
s 
| Stretch. 
The specimen was shot among a thick growth of small 
pines, beeches, etc., in a swampy place. 
