ANTHID.E. 



tinctly bordered with dull white. The two central tail-fea- 

 thers are hair-brown, the rest dusky, except the two outer 

 ones, which are bordered on the outer edge with dull white, 

 and have a wedge-shaped spot of the same on the inner web, 

 which shows distinctly when the tail is spread. The nape 

 and cheeks are pale hair-brown. The eyestreak, and the sides 

 of the neck and throat, are brownish-yellow, which spreads 

 slightly over the breast ; the rest of the under parts are dull 

 white, with a tinge of olive-brown upon the flanks. A dusky 

 streak passes from the base of the lower mandible towards the 

 breast, which is marked with roundish dusky spots, and the 

 flanks with fine streaks of the same colour. The iris is hazel ; 

 the beak dusky, except the base of the lower mandible, which 

 inclines to ochre ; the legs and feet are yellowish flesh colour, 

 the claws pale dusky brown. 



In autumn, after the annual moult, the upper plumage is 

 strongly tinged with olive, and the quill and tail feathers dis- 

 tinctly bordered with that colour. At this period, the rufous 

 colour upon the throat is less apparent, and the under parts 

 are generally tinged with olive-yellow. 



The young birds, in autumn, resemble the adult at that 

 season, and the two sexes are nearly alike. 



The entire length of this species is six inches and a half. 

 The wing measures, from the carpus to the tip, about three 

 inches and a quarter ; the tail extends one inch and a quarter 

 beyond the tips of the folded wings, and the longest tertial 

 reaches nearly to the tip of the quill-feathers when the wing 

 is closed. The beak measures four lines from the forehead 

 to the point, and is rather slender. The tarsi are ten lines in 

 length, the middle toe nine ; the claw of the hinder toe mea- 

 sures three and a half lines, and is considerably arched, and 

 the whole expanse of the foot is one inch six lines. The 

 primary quills and tertials in this species are broad, and the 

 tail-feathers rather pointed. 



