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T. Parkmanii. The bill much longer, stouter, and more curved than 
that of T. hyemalis ; the upper parts reddish-brown, faintly barred with 
dusky, the lower parts dull brownish-white ; the sides barred with brownish- 
black and greyish-white, the foreneck and breast with scarcely any mark- 
ings, the lower wing-coverts and axillars greyish-white, obscurely barred 
with dusky ; the tail half an inch longer than that of the common species, 
and more rounded. 
Bill rather long, slender, tapering ; as broad as high at the base, slightly 
arched, compressed toward the end. Upper mandible with the dorsal out- 
line slightly arched, the ridge narrow, the sides sloping at the base, toward 
the end slightly convex and erect, the edges sharp, direct, without notch ; 
lower mandible with the angle narrow and rather acute, the dorsal outline 
decurved in an almost imperceptible degree, the back narrow, the edges 
sharp and inflected, the tip very narrow ; the gape-line slightly arched. 
Nostrils oblong, basal, operculate. 
Head ovate, of moderate size ; neck short. Feet of ordinary length ; 
tarsus compressed, with seven anterior scutella, all of which are very dis- 
tinct ; toes rather large, compressed ; fix-st large, and much longer than 
the two lateral, of which the inner is a little shorter ; the third and fourth 
coherent as far as the second joint of the latter. Claws long, arched, 
extremely compressed, laterally grooved, acute. 
Plumage soft and blended ; no bristle-feathers at the base of the bill. 
Wing of moderate length, broad, much rounded ; the first quill very small, 
being only half the length of the second, which is three and a half twelfths 
shorter than the third ; the fourth longest, and exceeding the third by half 
a twelfth, and the fourth by scarcely a quarter of a twelfth ; secondaries long 
and rounded. Tail rather long, much rounded, the lateral feathers being 
nearly half an inch shorter than the middle. 
Bill dusky brown, with the basal edges of the upper and two-thirds of the 
lower mandible pale. Tarsi greyish-yellow ; toes and claws light brownish. 
The general colour of the upper parts is reddish-brown, tinged with grey. 
There is a white spot near the tips of the posterior dorsal feathers. The 
secondary coverts, and the first small coverts, have each a white spot at the 
tip. The wing-coverts and quills are banded with blackish-brown and dull 
brownish-red, the bands of the latter colour paler on the outer quills ; the 
inner webs and tips of all the quills plain brown, as in the other species. All 
the upper parts are more faintly barred in the same manner. On the tail are 
twelve dusky bars, as in T. hyemalis. A dull whitish band from the upper 
mandible over the eye ; the cheeks whitish, with the basal margins of the 
feathers brown ; the lower parts are dull brownish-white, tinged with grey, 
the sides brownish, barred with dusky ; the fore neck and breast with faint 
