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A yes.— P late LXVIII.
L. supra nigro-bnmneus, griseo-tinctus, infra albus, pectore aMomineque roseo-tinctis; plumis scapulatis
albis, fascism obliquam albam formantibus; crisso caudeeque tectricibus superioribus cinereis; froute
superciliisque flavo-albis.
Longitudo è. rostri apice ad basin caucUe 4 unc; caud* 4 | unc.
C oloue.—The top of the head, the upper and lateral parts of the neck, the
interscapular feathers, and the hack, dark umber-brown, with a strong grey
gloss; the rump and upper tail coverts dark ash-grey. Wings dark umber-
brown, the primary quill feathers and several of the secondaries white near
their base, and always some of them narrowly tipped with white. The
scapular feathers are pure white, and form a broad oblique band of that
colour on each side of the back at the base of the wing. The four middle
tail-feathers are liver-brown, the two next on each side liver-brown towards
the base, white towards the points, the remaining two of each side white
with liver-brown shafts. Throat white; breast and belly dusky white
with a rosy tint. The side of the head behind the eye is crossed with
a broad brownish black band which passes to the side of the neck; the front
and eyebrows are yellowish white. Eyes dark brown. Bill livid brown, and
semi-diaphanous. Legs and toes blackish brown.
F orm , &c.—Typical. Bill robust, and rather short, culmen towards frontal
feathers rather sharp, hook at apex of upper mandible moderately developed,
tooth small and acute. The wings rather long, and when folded reach over
the first fourth of the ta il; the fourth quill feather rather longest, the third and
fifth equal and slightly shorter, the second and sixth equal, and about half an
inch shorter than the fifth, the first about half the length of the second. Tail
long, narrow and much graduated, the two centre feathers rather the longest,
the next on each side rather shorter, the other four successively shorter, the
outermost about two inches shorter than the two middle ones. Tarsi and toes
moderately robust, the former distinctly scutellated in front, entire behind.
The outer and inner toes of equal length, and rather shorter and less robust