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bird tVill be at once distinguished by the three white 
spots on the inner webs of the three first quill- 
feathers, mentioned in the specific character. 
The size is fully equal to the C. Europwus, but 
its length, on account of the tail, is longer. The 
wings are very long, and extend to within two 
inches of the end of the tail. The first quill is half 
an inch shorter than the second and third, which are 
of equal length, and are the longest, while the fourth 
is an inch shorter, and the fifth is one and one- 
fourth inches shorter than the fourth. The tail is 
broad, and would be even, but that the last feather 
on each side is almost half an inch shorter than the 
others ; the inner toe is very little longer than the 
outer, but sufficiently so to bring the species into the 
group of Scotornis ; the bristles exceed the length 
of the bill. 
A grey brown, which is not at all seen in S. cli- 
maturus, is in this the ground colour of the plu- 
mage ; it is very clear and conspicuous on the sides 
of the head and nape, the middle parts of which are 
striped, as is usual, with deep black : fulvous white or 
light ferruginous spots and stripes are on the scapu- 
lars and wing-covers ; and there is a patch, almost 
pure white, on the throat and along the edge of the 
lower mandible. The primary quills are black-brown, 
■with a few transverse irregular rufous bars towards 
the base on each web ; in the middle, and on the 
inner web only, is a large spot of pure white : the 
lesser quills are rufous with about six irregular black 
bars ; the tips of all the quills are mottled with grey, 
