hes. 

 1 



Lines. 

 3 



2 



9 



1 



9 



1 







1 



6 



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Dimensions 

 Of male No. 1. 



Inches. Lines. 



Length from the tip of the hill to the end of Length of the bill along its ridge 



the tail ..... 24 „ of the tarsus . . 



„ of the tail .... 10 ,, of the middle toe 



„ of the longest quill feather 12 6 „ of the middle claw 



„ of the bill, from the angle of the „ of the hind claw, following its curve 



mouth ...... 1 6 



Another specimen (No. 3), which was killed in the woody country three or four 

 degrees of latitude farther north than the preceding, may possibly be a female, in 

 very perfect plumage, as it is of a much larger size. It strongly resembles the 

 male above described, the colour of the dorsal aspect being merely less bright, 

 the (four) blackish-brown bars across the tail more distinct, — the subterminal one 

 being the broadest. The dark streaks on the under plumage are also a little 

 broader and more general, and the grey zig-zag lines are darker and more nume- 

 rous. The distal half of the first phalanx of the middle toe is covered above with 

 broad transverse scales, instead of being reticulated as in male No. 1 ; in this 

 respect agreeing with the female, No. 2, described below, though not with an- 

 other and very similar specimen of unascertained sex, No. 4. 



Dimensions 

 Of No. 3, sex not ascertained. 



Inrhes. Lines. Inches. Lines. 



Length (total) ..... 23 Length of the tarsus .... 3 



„ of the tail .... 11 G ,, of the middle toe ... 2 



„ of the longest quill feather . . 14 ,, of the hind claw ... 1 8 



DESCRIPTION 



Of a female (No. 2), killed at her nest, in company with No. 1 male. 



Colour. — The prevailing hue of the dorsal aspect is dark liver-brown, relieved in some 

 places by white, in others by pale wood-brown. On the head and back of the neck the liver- 

 brown occupies the centres of the feathers, almost confined to the shaft at the base, but 

 spreading out broadly at the tip : the wood-brown forms the margin, and the white a broad 

 semi-elliptical lateral mark on each web. On the back the dark-brown, narrowly edged with 

 white at the tip, is alone visible ; but the feathers are dark-grey at the base, and are crossed 

 in their middles by a concealed brownish-white bar. On the rump and lesser wing coverts 

 the white is mostly replaced by wood-brown. The quill feathers and their immediate coverts 

 present alternate bars of lighter and darker shades of liver-brown, with a few mottled white 

 and brown spots on the outer webs and some larger ones on the inner webs partially occu- 

 pying the place of the paler brown bars. The tail coverts are barred alternately with liver- 

 brown and white, tinged and mottled with brown. The tail is crossed by five blackish-brown 

 bars, separated by broccoli-brown spaces of greater breadth. These bars are bounded by 



