PASSER MOTITENSIS.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate CXIY . 
P. capite superne brunneo-griseo ; superciliis, colli lateribus, interscapularus, dorso, uropygio, humensque 
cinnamoneis, interscapulariis niaculis oblongis subnigris variegatis ; gems albis ; gula guttureque 
nigris ; pectore abdomineque griseo-albis ; cauda pallide brunneo-rubra ; rostro mgro. 
Longitcdo e rostri apice ad basin caudte 4 unc . ; caudse 3 unc. 
Colour. — The front, the crown of the head, and the back of the neck, dull 
pale brown, tinted with pearl-grey ; the last also with a more or less distinct 
shade of cinnamon-red. Eyebrows, a vertical stripe on the neck, the inter- 
scapulars, back, rump, and shoulders, cinnamon-red, the interscapulars 
variegated with oblong liver-brown blotches ; sides of head white ; the ear- 
coverts slightly streaked with dirty umber-brown ; chin and throat black ; a 
white blotch between the black of the throat and the lower extremity of the cin- 
namon-red stripe above stated as observed on the side of the neck. The 
primary and secondary quill-coverts, dull brownish red, edged with dull 
cinnamon-red ; primary and secondary quill-feathers light brownish red, the 
secondaries tipped narrowly with rusty white ; some of the scapular feathers 
umber-brown, edged and tipped with pale cinnamon-red. Tail-feathers 
light brownish red. Breast, belly, flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts dull 
greyish white. Bill black ; legs and toes sienna-yellow, very faintly tinted 
with brown ; claws light brownish red. Eyes deep reddish brown. 
Form, &c. — Figure robust ; wings rounded, and when closed reach to the 
middle of the tail ; the first, second, third, and fourth quill-feathers longest, 
and nearly of equal length, the innermost primary feather about the same 
length as the secondaries. Tail long and slightly forked. Bill large, very 
strong, the culmen much curved. Legs and toes rather robust ; the tars 
anteriorly scutellated, posteriorly entire. Claws short, much curved, and 
pointed, the claw of the hinder toe considerably the longest. 
