POMATORHINUS TRIVIRGATUS, Temminck. 

 Three-banded Pomatorhinus. 



PLATE LXIX. 



P. supra brunneus, subtus pallide castaneus, capite gulaque albis, fascia brunnea in 

 vertice medio instructo. 



Pomatorhin tribande ; Pomatorhinus trivirgatus, Temm. PL Col. 443. 



This species, lately acquired from New Holland, is from ten to eleven 

 inches in length. The general colour of the upper parts is umber-brown, 

 paler upon the neck and back of the head, and gradually running in a 

 band over the crown, and through the cheek and auriculars along the base 

 of the upper mandible. On each side of this there is a parallel band of 

 white, ending upon the sides of the head, forming three distinct longitu- 

 dinal stripes, from which M. Temminck derives his trivial name. The 

 throat and breast are white ; the belly, vent, sides, and under sides of the 

 wings pale reddish-brown or orange, tinged with umber-brown ; the tail is 

 nearly black, and, with the exception of the centre feathers, has about an 

 inch on the tip of each white. 



This species agrees very nearly with Dr Horsfield's characters of the 

 genus, except in the proportion of the wings. In the typical species the 

 fifth, sixth, and seventh quills are longest, and nearly equal ; in this the 

 fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh, are the longest, and equal. The same pro- 

 portions are found in another species figured by M. Temminck, and from 

 the same county, the P. turdinus, and it is probable that the New Hol- 

 land individuals will hereafter form a separate group. 



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