TITYEA CASTANEA, (nobis). 

 Chesnut-coloured Tityra. 



PLATE X.— -Fig. 2. 



T. castanea, infra pallidior ; vertice subcristato. 



-Length five inches and a quarter ; the bill is blackish-brown, paler towards 

 the edges on both mandibles ; the nostrils are nearly half concealed by short 

 incumbent feathers. Crown of the head bright chesnut-brown, the centre of 

 each feather darkest ; those on the back-part are elongated, and form a very 

 slight crest. The neck is dull bluish-grey, forming a sort of collar nearly 

 half-round, blended into the colours of the back and head ; the back, wings, 

 rump, and tail, reddish-brown ; wings and greater coverts a slight shade darker. 

 The whole under parts are orange-coloured brown, approaching on the throat 

 to yellowish-white. The legs and feet are blackish-grey; the claws are black. 

 This was received from the same source as the former, but without any 

 note whatever regarding its habits. In its general characters it is true to 

 Tityra; but, like all the smaller species, it has the feathers on the lower part 

 of the back and rump loose and elongated. 



