TELOPHONUS TRIVIRGATUS. — Smith. 
Aves. — Plate XCIV. (Female.) 
T. superne olivaceus flavo-brunneo tinctus, inferne subochreus griseo tinctus ; superciliis flavo-albis, striga 
nigrh superne inferneque marginatis ; humeris, remigibus primariis, secundariisque externe cinnam- 
omeis ; cauda graduate, rectricibus nigris albo-terminatis. 
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudce 3 unc., 6 lin. ; caudee 4 unc. 
Colour. — Above light hair-brown tinged with yellowish brown, the colour 
darkest on the top of the head and upper parts of the neck ; sides of head 
below eyes yellowish grey dulled with brown ; eyebrows cream-yellow 
margined superiorly and inferiorly with deep shining black. Under parts 
wood-brown, darkest towards the tail, the upper parts of the throat nearly 
white ; shoulders, quill coverts, and outer vanes of primary and secondary 
quill feathers, reddish orange dulled with brown ; tertiary quill feathers and 
inner vanes of primaries and secondaries brownish red ; the tertiaries nar- 
rowly edged with pale reddish orange. Tail feathers black, broadly tipped 
with white* ; upper tail coverts light sienna-yellow. Bill, — upper mandi- 
ble pale orange coloured brown shaded with brownish red ; lower mandible 
wine-yellow with a flesh coloured tint. Tarsi and toes pale brownish red, 
and each of their scuta margined inferiorly with livid wine-yellow. Claws, 
wood-brown, shaded with brownish red. Eyes deep reddish brown. 
Form, &c. — Figure rather slender ; feathers generally soft and silky. 
Bill short, strongly compressed, and the upper mandible moderately hooked 
at the point ; the tooth slightly developed ; culmen rather rounded and arched 
from the base which enters deeply between the feathers of forehead. Lower 
* The two middle tail feathers in the specimen described are wanting, hence their colour cannot be 
particularized. 
