ERYTHROPYGIA PECTORALIS.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate XLIX. — Male. 
E. capite, cervice, interscapularibus dorsoque summo brunncis griseo-tinctis ; gutture, abdomineque flavo- 
albis : pectore pallide isabellina brunneo-strigatis ; dorso imo, uropygio, caudseque tectricibus supe- 
rioribus subferrugineis ; alarum tectricibus primariis secundariisque nigro-brunneis albo-marginatis, 
lineam lougitudinalem albam fonnantibus ; remigibus brunneo-rubris extern^ versus basin pallide 
rufo-marginatis. Cauda nigro-brunnea, plumarum apicibus albis. 
Longitgdo capitis cum corpora, 3 unc. 1 1 lin. ; caudee 3 unc. li lin. 
Erythropygia pectoralis, Smith. — Rep. of Exped. App. p. 46., Juno 1336. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head intermediate between yellowish 
brown and brocoli brown ; the neck superiorly together with the interscapu- 
lars, and the anterior half of the back yellowish brown, tinted with brocoli- 
brown ; posterior half of back, rump, and upper tail coverts deep reddishorange. 
Chin, middle of abdomen, and under tail coverts pale cream-yellow ; breast 
light sienna-yellow, streaked with umber brown — -one streak along the centre 
of each feather ; thighs cream-yellow externally spotted with umber brown ; 
flanks dull reddish orange, shaded with light chesnut brown. Eye-brows 
pale cream-yellow, each margined superiorly with a slender streak of umber- 
brown ; feathers immediately in front of eyes, and a rudimentary line on each 
side of throat, from base of lower mandible blackish brown ; ear coverts pale 
rufous, clouded with brown. Primary and secondary quill coverts, and the 
lesser wing coverts, liver brown, some of the last named feathers tipped with 
white, the°others margined with rusty grey. A few of the innermost of the 
primary quill coverts, and most of the secondaries are edged externally, and 
partially tipped with white, so that each wing appears crossed obliquely by 
two irregular white bands. Primary and secondary quill feathers brownish 
red, with their outer vanes towards the quills narrowly edged with wood brown ; 
tertiary quill feathers liver-brown, broadly margined with yellowish brown. 
Tail liver-brown, the feathers rusty towards their edges, and white at the 
points, the quantity of white greatest on the external feather of each side, 
and least on the two middle ones, upon which it is almost invisible. Bill liver- 
