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FRANCO LINUS SUBTORQUATUS.—S mith.
A ves.— P late XV. (M ale.)
F. capite supra sordid^ badio, griseo-umbrato et maculis brunneis variegato ; cervicis parte superiore
lateribusque ochreis; dorso, caudaque sordide subrufis brunneo-fasciatis; pluinarum rachidibus
albis; oculo inter teenias duas nigras, superiore post aurem desinente inferiore ad guttur porrecta, et
cum inferiore lateris adversi lunulam formante; gula, guttureque subflavis; pectore, abdomineque
subalbis brunneo-fasciatis; rostro sordide brunneo; pedibus flavis; oculis rubro-brunneis.
Longitudo 10 unc.
Perbix Coqui, Rep. of Exped. page 55, June, 1836.
C o lo u r .—The upper aspect of the head rufous brown, faintly clouded with
lavender purple, and obscurely spotted with dusky brown ; the eyebrows, the
bases of the ear coverts, and the back and sides of the neck, towards the
head, pale ochry red ; the tips of the ear coverts bright rufous, and the
feathers immediately surrounding the angles of the mouth rusty white. The
side of the head is crossed by two fine black lines, the one above, the other
below the eye; the former terminates on the side of the neck, about three
quarters of an inch behind the ear coverts ; the latter, which has its origin at
the angle of the mouth, descends towards the throat, and, with the corresponding
one of the opposite side, forms a narrow lunated collar across the
throat. The lower part of the neck, inr front of the interscapulars, clear
rufous, with some of the hindermost feathers tipt faintly with white, in
addition to being marked with a brown bar upon each vane; the ground
colour of the back, the shoulders, the secondary quill coverts, the tertiary
quill feathers and the tail, intermediate between rufous and clear rufous
brown, with each of the feathers of the back marked by a rusty white stripe
in the course of the shaft, and by several broad, incomplete dark brown bars
on each vane: the centre of some of the bars much lighter than the circumference.
The shoulder feathers and the secondary wing coverts are variegated
somewhat in the same manner, only much more delicately, the centre stripes
being very slender, and the transverse bars narrow and less distinctly
defined; — several of the coverts are, besides, tipt with a yellowish white
colour. The tertiary quill feathers are marked, either with uniform black-
brown bars, or with a series of brown blotches upon each vane, the circumferences
of which are much darker than the centres; the tail is also barred
nearly after the same fashion. The primary wing coverts and the primary
and secondary quill feathers are pale umber brown, the outer vanes of the