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and their quills black on their inner webs : behind 

 the eyes a white line commences, which extends 

 along the sides of the neck to the occiput : the throat 

 is white, and a collar of the same surrounds the nape : 

 the breast and middle of the belly are dull red : the 

 flanks are ashy-red, shaded off into deep red, towards 

 the vent : the tail is deep red : the beak is whitish, 

 and the legs grey. 



Sp. 3. Xe. rutilans, Temm. Pi, Col. 72. f. 2. 



Xe. fuscus dorso alisque rufo-olivaceis, remigibus basi aureo, 

 flavis medio nigris, apice rufis, guld lineisque duahus longi- 

 tudinalibus colli albis. 



Brown Xenops^ with the back and wings olive ; the quills golden- 

 yellow at the base;, black in the middle^ red at the tip ; the 

 throat and two longitudinal lines on the neck white. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length four inches and a quar- 

 ter: the top of the head and the cheeks are brown, 

 spotted with clear brown : the nape is yellowish-brown : 

 the back and the wings are reddish-olive : the quills 

 are golden-yellow at their base, then black and tipped 

 with red ; but this disposition of colours is not ob- 

 servable unless the wing be expanded : the rump 

 and the tail are strong-red : the throat and two longi- 

 tudinal bands on the neck are white : all the under 

 parts are ashy-olive, with whitish dashes : the base 

 of the lower mandible is white, and the rest of the 

 beak brown : the legs are brown. 



