30 CERTHIAD.E. 



from the pure white of the rump. The upper tail-coverts are 

 quite black. The thighs are tinged with rust-colour, and 

 clashed with more or less strongly marked shaft-streaks of a grey 

 colour. The under tail-coverts are white. The lesser wing- 

 coverts are pale rust-coloured, with a tinge of brown ; and the 

 larger wing-coverts are black. The wings are barred with 

 black and pale rust-coloured white : the quill-feathers have 

 only one white band across them towards their tips. The 

 tail is black, with a white crescent-shaped band. The male 

 and female are nearly alike, but the crest of the latter is not 

 quite so large. 



The egg figured 140 is that of the Hoopoe. 



