stripe over the eye. Lores, sides of the head, and ear-coverts dull black, the feathers 

 immediately under the eye mottled with greyish white. Chin and throat dull white, 

 tinged with yellow, the shafts and the hairs with which this part is beset black. 

 Breast and abdomen dull white, striped longitudinally with darkish brown, flanks 

 strongly tinged with ochreous. Bill and legs very dark brown, almost black. 



Dimensions. — Total length about 13 inches, wing 5-5, tail 6, bill (allowing for a 

 slight injury at th,e tip) from forehead 1*31, from gape l - 5, tarsus 1-75, middle toe 

 without claw '93, hind toe '56. 



