ERYTHROPYGIA PAENA.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate L. — Male and Young. 
E. capite supn\ obscure brunneo, plumis rufo-griseo marginatis ; cervice rufo-griseo ; intcrscapularibus 
dorsoque summo flavo-rufis ; dorso imo, uropygio, caudee tectricibus superioribus, caudaque versus 
basin rubro-aurantiis ; gutture albo ; pectore ventreque pallid^ lactifloribus, pectoris abdominisque 
lateribus flavo-brunneo-tinctis ; remigibus brunneo-rubris, externe pallid^ flavo-brunneo-rnargiuatis ; 
rectricibus versus apices nigro-brunneis, quatuor externis singulorum albo-terminatis ; superciliis lacti- 
floribus. Rostro, nigro-brunneo ; pedibus livide griseo-brunneis. 
Longitijdo ab apice rostri ad basin caudte 3 unc. 3 lin . ; caudce, 2 unc. 9 lin. 
Erythropygia paena, Smith. — Rep. of Exped., App. p. 46., June, 1836. 
Colour. — { Male , fig. a .) Head superiorly dull brown, the feathers distinctly 
edged and tipped with rusty grey ; upper aspect of neck rusty grey ; inter- 
scapulars and anterior half of back intermediate between Dutch-orange and 
yellowish brown; hinder part of back, rump, upper tail coverts and the basal 
two-tliirds of tail clear reddish orange, last third of tail feathers liver brown, 
the edges of the feathers rusty, and the four outer ones of each side broadly 
tipped with white; chin and throat white ; breast, belly, and vent pale cream- 
yellow ; the sides of the breast and the flanks with a strong tint of rusty 
yellowish brown. Lesser wing coverts pale greyish brown ; primary and 
secondary quill coverts brownish red, the latter externally edged with pale 
wood-brown. Quill feathers brownish red, delicately edged externally with 
wood-brown, which on a few of the primaries, towards their bases, becomes 
strongly tinted with buff-orange ; several of the secondaries are narrowly 
tipped with white, the inner vanes of most of the quill feathers broadly edged 
with yellowish white ; the inner surface of the shoulders pale cream-yellow. 
Bill liver-brown ; eyes reddish brown ; legs livid greyish brown. 
Form, &c.— Figure slight; bill rather slender, and slightly curved, the 
culmen arched, from the base, the curvature rather abrupt towards the point ; 
emargination near tip ot upper mandible, scarcely visible , nasal fossce deep. 
Wings short, rounded, and when folded reach over nearly the first third of the 
tail, the third, fourth, and fifth quill feathers of the same length and the 
