62 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 



No. 5, a male, killed at Cumberland House in the same month, corresponds 

 exactly with the preceding- in colour of the plumage, form of the bill, the relative 

 lengths of the quill feathers, &c, except that the inner wing coverts are totally 

 white, without bars, and the spots on the under surface of the body are much 

 smaller. 



No. 1, a male, killed at Carlton a fortnight earlier than Nos. 3 and 5, differs 

 from them in having central yellowish-brown oval marks on the breast feathers, 

 some pretty large brown bars on the flanks and under tail coverts, many arrow- 

 shaped spots on the thighs, and dark cinereous heart-shaped marks on the linings 

 of the wings. The upper plumage had a browner tinge, and the tail is darker, 

 with five more complete blackish-brown bars. The lobe of the upper mandible is 

 equally distinct as in the other two specimens, and, with the very slight exception 

 of the first quill feather being merely equal to the seventh, instead of exceeding it, 

 the wings have a similar structure. 



DESCRIPTION 



Of (No. 2.) a. female, in full plumage, killed at the nest, May 14, 1827- 



Colour of the whole dorsal aspect liver-brown ; the feathers of the crown of the head, 

 upper part of the neck, and lesser wing coverts, together with some of the scapularies, are 

 edged with pale yellowish-brown. There are also some narrow chestnut-brown edges on the 

 rump feathers ; but the rest of the upper plumage, including the quill feathers and greater 

 coverts, are unmixed liver-brown : the tips of the secondaries and primary coverts are edged 

 with soiled white. The tail coverts are white. The tail is crossed by six bars of liver-brown, 

 of which the subterminal one is the broadest : its tip is soiled white. On the four middle 

 feathers the bars are separated by a paler colour, approaching to clove-brown ; on the more 

 exterior feathers the spaces between the bars on the inner webs are pale yellowish-brown. 

 Under surface. The cheeks are more ferruginous than the crown of the head, and the fea- 

 thers of the facial semicircle are mostly edged with brownish-white. The under surface of the 

 neck is liver-brown, with white and yellowish-brown edgings. The belly, under tail coverts, 

 and posterior part of the wing linings, are pale yellowish-brown, with conspicuous chestnut- 

 coloured elliptical spots. The remainder of the linings of the wings are faint straw-yellow, 

 blotched with dark clove-brown. The under surfaces of the quill and tail feathers are barred 

 with clove-brown, the intermediate spaces being yellowish-white, gradually changing to 

 brownish -grey. 



Form. — The lobe on the cutting margin of the upper mandible is well marked. The third 

 quill feather is equal to the fourth ; the fifth is half an inch shorter ; the second is an inch 

 shorter than the third ; the sixth is two inches and a half shorter than the fifth ; and the 

 first and seventh are an inch shorter than the sixth. The toes are scutellated above to their 

 bases, and the inner edge of the middle claw is very acute, the groove producing it being very 

 distinct. 



