EEYTHfeOPTG-lA. PAENA. (A_:r^e.B..yDxmg.)
(Ares-Pla-te 5Q)
A v es .— P la t e L |# -M a le a nd Y o u n g .
E. capite suprk obscure brunneo, plumis rufo-griseo marginatis; cervice rufo-griseo; interscapularibus
dorsoque summo flavo-rufis; dorso imo, uropygio, caudae tectricibus superioribus, caudaque versus
basin rubro-aurantiis; gutture albo; pectore ventreque pallid^ lactifloribus, pectoris abdominisque
lateribus flavo-brunneo-tinctis; remigibus brunneo-rubris, exteme pallid^ flavo-brunneo-marginatis;
rectricibus versus apices nigro-brunneis, quatuor extemis singulorum albo-terminatis; superciliis lactifloribus.
Rostro, nigro-brunneo; pedibus lividk griseo-brunneis.
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad basin caudse 3 unc. 3 lin. ; caudse, 2 unc. 9 lin.
E rythropygia paena, Smith.—Rep. of Exped., App. p. 46., June, 1836.
C o lo d e .— (Male, fig. a.) Head superiorly dull brown, the feathers distinctly
edged and tipped with rusty grey; upper aspect of neck rusty grey ; interscapulars
and anterior half of back intermediate between Dutch-orange and
yellowish brown; hinder part of back, rump, upper tail coverts and the basal
two-thirds of tail clear reddish orange, last third of tail feathers liver brown,
the edges of the feathers rusty, and the four outer ones of each side broadly
tipped with white; chin and throat white ; breast, belly, and vent pale cream-
yellow ; the sides of the breast and the flanks with a strong tint of rusty
yellowish brown. Lesser wing coverts pale greyish brown; primary and
secondary quill coverts brownish red, the latter externally edged with pale
wood-brown. Quill feathers brownish red, delicately edged externally with
wood-brown, which on a few of the primaries, towards their bases, becomes
strongly tinted with buff-orange; several of the secondaries are narrowly
tipped with white, the inner vanes of most of the quill feathers broadly edged
with yellowish white ; the inner surface of the shoulders pale cream-yellow.
Bill liver-brown ; eyes reddish brown ; legs livid greyish brown.
F o rm , &c.—Figure slight; bill rather slender, and slightly curved, the
culmen arched, from the base, the curvature rather abrupt towards the point;
emargination near tip of upper mandible, scarcely visible; nasal fossa) deep.
Wings short, rounded, and when folded reach over nearly the first third of the
tail, the third, fourth, and fifth quill feathers of the same length and the