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pileo summo olivascenti-bruniieOj unicolore ; strig^ superciliari angustsi antice albida, postice cinerea : striga 
altera a basi maxillae per oculum cluct^ ad collnm laterale conjuncta^ sordide eastanetl, torquem collarem 
distinctam vix formante : tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus et eodem modo albo notatis, majoribus extiis 
fulvo, intiis castaneo conspicue maculatis : alfi spuria remigibusque brunneis eastaneo transfasciatis, primariis 
extbs fulvescente notatis et albo anguste transrersim lineatis : cauda brunnea olivascente lavata : mento 
albo : genis et gutture toto cinereis, parte inferiore paullo olivascente lavata : corpore reliquo subtiis 
cinerascenti-brunneo^ fulvo aut albido crebre transfaseiato : torque pectorali pallide ferruginea, plus minusve 
distincta : hypocliondriis et subcaudalibiis nigricantibus albo distincte fasciatis ct fulvescente terminatis t 
abdomine imo fulvescenti-albo : rostro flavicanti-brunneo, ad basin rufescente : pedibus pallide brunneis : 
iride rufescenti-brunned. 
Adult. Crown of the head and all the upper surface brownish olive ; the feathers of the back and the inner 
scapulars broadly centred with brownish black ; the feathers of the hind neck and upper part of the back as 
well as the upper wing-covertSj marked on both webs with two spots of white, surrounded more or less 
distinctly with blackish brown ; streak over the eyes, chin, and throat greyish white, deepening into dark 
grey on the sides of the head and on the fore neck ; a band of chestnut-red, commencing at the base of the 
upper mandible, passes through the eyes and down the neck, uniting on the nape in a broad patch of the 
same colour varied with brown ; breast and sides of the body brownish black, crossed by numerous narrow 
well-defined bars of white, tinged more or less with fulvous, and tipped with olive- grey; on the sides and 
flanks the ground-colour is darker, and the bars are further apart ; across the breast a broad zone of reddish 
buff; abdomen, thighs, and vent bufly white; under tail-coverts black, barred with white and largely tipped 
with buff; primaries dark brown, the two outer ones crossed by narrow interrupted bars of fulvous white,, 
and the rest broadly barred on both webs with dull chestnut-red, varied more or less on the third quill with 
white ; secondaries barred in a similar manner, but with a whitish spot near the extremity of both webs ; 
outer scapulars brownish black, with numerous elliptical spots of white on both webs, and edged with pale 
olive-brown ; tail-feathers olive-brown, with darker shafts. Irides reddish hazel ; bill reddish brown at the 
base, fading into yellowish brown at the tip ; tarsi and toes light brown. Total length 12 inches ; extent 
of wings 17-5 ; wing, from flexure, 5-5 ; tail 2-5 ; bill, along the ridge I'G, along the edge of lower mandible 
1'75 ; tarsus 1'5 ; middle toe and claw 2; hind toe and claw '65. 
Female. The colours generally are duller, the nuchal collar is indistinct, the pectoral band is reduced to a narrow 
indeterminate zone of yellowish brown, and the bars on the underparts of the body are far less conspicuous 
than in the male, being much interrupted or broken. 
Young. Dilfers from the adult in having the upper surface lighter, the feathers having broader margins of 
fulvous brown, with very small white spots, and these widely scattered. The facial streak and nuchal collar 
are dull chestnut-brown, and not well defined. On the breast there is a mere wash of pale chestnut ; and the 
underparts and flanks, instead of being striped or banded, present only obscure broken bars, the whole 
plumage of the under surface being several shades lighter than in the adult, and suffused with pale fulvous. 
The axillary plumes, however, are perfectly black, with widely separated narrow white bars. The barred 
markings on the wing-feathers are even more pronounced than in the old bird, and extend higher on the 
coverts. Bill and legs pale brown. 
Chick. Covered with sooty black down of silky texture, but without any gloss ; bill greyish white ; legs blackish 
brown, darker behind. 
Var. At Napier I examined a partial albino which had been shot in the vicinity of the town ; — The vertex 
broad line over each eye, the cheeks and throat, also a broad irregular patch on the breast, nearly coverino- 
the place of the chestnut band, pure white ; on the neck and shoulders likewise some touches of white • +ht 
rest of the plumage normal. ’ 
Remarks. Like other members of the group to which it belongs, this form is liable to considerable variation 
of plumage. In the numerous examples which have come under my notice, the pectoral band, althouo-h 
never entirely absent, has varied both in extent and colouring from a narrow interrupted line of sandy buff 
to a broad zone of rich chestnut. Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub, in a communication to the Zoological Society 
