BRACHYPTERACIAS SQUAMIGER. 
SCALY PITTA-EOLLEE. 
Brachypteracias squamigera, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 224; Pucli. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 193; Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. 
i. p. 166 (1850) ; von Miiller, Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 6; Grandidier, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 354; 
Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, p. 138 (1867); ScElegel & Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 158 (1868); Gray, Hand-1, 
of B. i. p. 77, no. 915 (1869); Milne-Edw. & Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. 241, pis. 96a, 99-102 
(1879). 
Brachypteracias squammigera, Lafr.,^’ Pncheran, Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 193. 
Atelornis squamigera (Lafr.), Des Murs, Iconogr. Orn. pi. xxxix. (1846) ; Reichenb. Meropinse, p. 53, pi. 436. 
fig. 3194 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anisod. p. 7 (1854); Hartlanb, Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 84; id. Faun. 
Madag. p. 28 (1861) ; Verr. in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B (1865). 
Geohiastes squamigera (Lafr.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 281; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 316; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 72 
(1877); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 6 (1892). 
Figurce notabiles. 
Reichenbach, Meropinse, pi. 436. fig. 3194; Milne-Edw. & Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. pi. 100. 
Hab. Madagascar. 
Ad. capite et collo pallide cervino-fuscis nigro transfasciatis vel squamatis : stria centraliter in pileo usque ad 
nucham ducta, stria pone oculum et stri4 suboculari ad nucham nigris : nucha postica et dorso antico rufes- 
centibus : corpore reliquo supr^ cum tectricibus alarum viridi-olivaceis albo et nigro transfasciatis : rectricibus 
centralibus viridi-rufescentibus, versus apicem magis viridi tinctis : rectricibus reliquis ad basin et apicibus 
caeruleis, et centraliter rufescenti-aurantiacis, nigro subterminatis : remigibus nigricantibus, primariis ad basin 
cervino-albido fasciatis et griseo-fusco terminatis : pectore et hypochondriis cervino-albidis nigro transfasciatis, 
sed abdomine imo pallide cervino nee fasciato : subcaudalibus albis : rostro corneo-fusco : pedibus corneo-fuscis : 
iride rufescenti-fusca. 
Adult male (Madagascar).—Head and neck dark buffy white, closely cross-barred with black; 
a broad black stripe passing through the centre of the crown to the nape, where it broadens and is 
joined by a stripe passing from the back of the eye and another from below the eye ; hind neck and 
fore part of the back bright bay; rest of the upper parts olivaceous green, brighter on the wings, 
the interscapulary region slightly and the wing-coverts more profusely barred with white and black; 
central rectrices greenish bay, greener towards the tip ; remaining tail-feathers bright blue at the base, 
pale blue at the tip, otherwise bay with a broad subterminal black band; quills black, with a buffy 
white band at the base of the primaries and pale greyish brown at the tip; underparts generally 
buffy white, closely barred or squamated with black, excepting on the lower abdomen, where it is 
pale buff, barred only on the sides ; under tail-coverts white : bill brownish horn ; legs fleshy brown ; 
iris reddish brown. Total length about 10 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 5, tail 4-25, tarsus 1-95. 
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