1. ALAND A. CODE A .
2. ALAND A L AGE PA .
(Ares_4fcPkte 8 7.)
A y e s .— P la t e LXXXVII. F ig . 1. ( F em a l e .)
A. supra flavo-grisea brunneo-strigata; gula guttureque albis; pectore albo, brunneo-rubro-strigata;
ventre rufo-albo; superciliis albis; rostro pedibusque aurantio-brunneis, brunneo-rubro-umbratis.
Longitudo h rostri apice ad basin caudee 3 unc.,9 lin.; caudee 2 unc. 9 lin.
C o lo u r .—The upper surface of the head, neck, and body rusty yellowish
grey, the head, neck, and interscapulars variegated with longitudinal
streaks of brownish red, washed or tinted with yellowish grey. Chin and
throat pure white ; breast white, mottled with spots or stripes of brownish
red ; belly rusty white, the flank tinted with pale brown; thighs wood-brown.
Lesser wing coverts and primary and secondary quill coverts brownish red,
edged and tipped with white; primary and secondary quill feathers the same
colour, the outer vanes of the primaries towards their base narrowly edged with
whit#, the secondaries edged externally and tipped with white ; tertiary quill
feathers umber-brown, edged and tipped with white. The two middle tail
feathers reddish brown, glossed with grey, the rest umber-brown, and all, but
particularly the external one of each side, edged and tipped with rusty white.
Under tail coverts white, streaked with brownish red. Eyebrows white;
ear coverts intermediate between broccoli and light orange-coloured brown.
Bill, legs, toes, and claws deep orange-coloured brown, shaded with brownish
red, the lower mandible towards the base sienna-yellow.
F o rm , &cBpigure rather slender: head rather small and towards nape
full of feathers. Bill moderately long, subconical, and nearly straight ; the
culmen towards the tip much arched, lower mandible towards the point slightly
curved. Wing rounded, and when folded reaches a little beyond the first
half of the ta il; the tertiary quill feathers rather longer than the secondaries,
and slightly shorter than the primaries, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth
primary quill feathers equal and longest, the second a little shorter, and the