(ESTRELATA JAMAICENSIS. 



only their disused burrows ; and I myself made inquiries when in Jamaica a few years 

 ago, and was informed that the bird no longer existed in the island, having been 

 exterminated by the Mongoose. 



Adult. General colour above sooty-brown, with a grey shade caused by the dark 

 slaty margins to the feathers ; the longer scapulars, wing-coverts, and secondaries 

 sooty-brown, with a faint edging of grey to the secondaries and greater wing-coverts ; 

 primaries black, with a slight shading of grey, the inner webs for the most part ashy- 

 brown ; upper tail-coverts light ashy-grey, with white bases, the centre ones blackish, 

 forming a patch, the longer coverts white, with an ashy tinge ; tail-feathers blackish- 

 brown ; crown of head like the back, but slightly darker, with a shade of grey on the 

 forehead and sides of face ; under-surface of body entirely dull ashy-brown, the chin 

 and upper-throat decidedly grey ; abdomen and under tail-coverts hoary-grey, the 

 longer ones with dusky tips ; under wing-coverts blackish-brown, with a slight grey 

 shade ; quills blackish below, ashy-grey on the inner webs, and on the lower surface 

 of the secondaries ; bill and feet entirely black (in skin). Total length about 15 

 inches ; culmen, 1.15 ; wing, 10.6 ; tail, 5.0 ; tarsus, 1.45 ; middle toe and claw, 

 2.05. 



The two other specimens in the British Museum are browner than the one 

 described. Some of the long upper tail-coverts are ashy-grey or creamy-white. 



The bird figured is from a cinchona plantation in Jamaica, and was given to 

 us by Professor Newton: the one described was obtained by Mr. Hill, and is in 

 our collection. 



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