feather, those on the mantle being round and those on the back triangular-shaped ; wing-coverts and 

 secondaries dark glossy bronzy purple, with a spot of white surrounded with black at the tip of each 

 feather; greater coverts brown, edged with rufous, with white shafts ending in a spot bounded with black 

 at the tip ; primaries and secondaries dark brown with paler edges ; tail blackish brown ; throat-feathers 

 black, tipped with huffy white ; breast and abdomen deep buff, each feather with a small, nearly triangular- 

 shaped spot of black at the tip ; lower part of the abdomen and thighs dark chestnut, each feather obscurely 

 tipped with black, within which is a bar of buff; under tail-coverts dark chestnut, indistinctly spotted like 

 the back ; bill and feet dark olive-brown. 



The female has the head dark brown, streaked on the sides with reddish buff; ear-coverts reddish 

 brown ; a streak from the angle of the bill and the chin pale buffy white ; general plumage dark brown, 

 with still darker edges ; breast buffy brown. 



The front figure on the accompanying Plate represents a male of the natural size ; the other figures, a 

 male and a female, reduced to about one-half. 



