PYTiRHULAXIDA V JiiRTI CALI S AMale. B. Female. GiYoxaig.
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PYRRHULAUDA VERTICALIS.-Smith.
A ves.— P late XXV. (M ale, F emale, and Y o u ng.)
Mas.—P. capite, corporisque partibus inferioribus brunneo-nigris; vertice, genis, fascia transversa pone
nucham, macula ad latus pectoris, corporisque lateribus albis; dorso sordide fusco, plumis griseo-albis
marginatis; alarum tectricibus minoribus, remigiumque tectricibus brunneis, albo-marginatis ;
remigibus rubro-brunneis, apicibus sub-albis; caudd, rectrice externd exceptd, brunneo-nigrd,
bac prsecipue, sub-albd; oculis brunneis; pedibus carneis.
Fem.—Supra brunnea plumis pallid^ rufo-brunneo-marginatis; gula guttureque subalbidis; pectore rufo-
albo, brunneo-maculato; abdomine nigro; corporis lateribus, crissoque sordide albis.
Longitddo ’|j§ unc.
Megalotis verticalis, Rep. of Exped. App. page 48, 1836.
C olour. Male.SThe crown of the head, the cheeks, a transverse bar on
the back of the neck, and an irregular blotch on each side of the breast,
together with the flanks, white ; the remainder of the head and under parts
rusty black. The interscapulars, back, rump, and upper tail coverts dirty
umber-brown, each feather irregularly edged with greyish white ; the lesser
wing coverts and the primary and secondary quill coverts umber-brown,
broadly edged with white ; the quill feathers broccoli-brown faintly tipt with
white, and the secondaries and tertiaries, besides, are margined externally
with the same colour ; inner aspect of shoulders umber-brown. Tail, with
the exception of the outermost feather of each side, umber-brown, the four
middle feathers darkest: the two feathers excepted are rusty white, with a
cloud of brown along the inner vane towards its inner margin, and each presents
also a dash of the same tint upon the outer vane towards its quill.
Bill dusky white, with a livid shade ; eyes dark-brown; legs and toes flesh-
coloured ; claws horn-coloured.
F orm, &c.—Typical. Head rather small. Bill considerably thicker than
that of P. Australis, its sides more convex, and the culmen more obtuse and
more arched; commissure slightly waved. Wings rounded, and when
folded, reach to the last third of the tail, the first quill feather rudimentary,
the third and fourth of equal length and longest, the fifth rather shorter, the
second and sixth equal and considerably shorter than the fifth. Tail very
slightly forked. Tarsus and toes moderately robust, the outermost and