TELO PH .O K US T R IT 1 RfJrA-TUS (icmald
(Av<s.,?jate 94) '•
TELOPHONUS TRIVIRGATUS. S m ith .
A yes.— P late XCIV. ( F emale.)
T. superne olivaceus flavo-brunneo tinctus, inferne siibochreus griseo tinctus; superciliis flavo-albis, strigS.
nigrk superne inferneque marginatis; humeris, remigibus primariis, secundariisque externe cinnam-
omeis; cauda graduate, rectricibus nigris albo-terminatis.
Longitudo & rostri apic& ad basin caudee 3 unc., 6 lin. ; caudee 4 unc.
C olour.—Above light hair-brown tinged with yellowish brown, the colour
darkest on the top of the head and upper parts of the neck; sides of head
below eyes yellowish grey dulled with brown; eyebrows cream-yellow
margined superiorly and inferiorly with deep shining black. Under parts
wood-brown, darkest towards the tail, the upper parts of the throat nearly
white; shoulders, quill coverts, and outer vanes of primary and secondary
quill feathers, reddish orange dulled with brown; tertiary quill feathers and
inner vanes of primaries and secondaries brownish red; the tertiaries narrowly
edged with pale reddish orange. Tail feathers black, broadly tipped
with white*; upper tail coverts light sienna-yellow. Bill, — upper mandible
pale orange coloured brown shaded with brownish red; lower mandible
wine-yellow with a flesh coloured tint. Tarsi and toes pale brownish red,
and each of their scuta margined inferiorly with livid wine-yellow. Claws,
wood-brown, shaded with brownish red. Eyes deep reddish brown.
F orm, &c. — Figure rather slender; feathers generally soft and silky.
Bill short, strongly compressed, and the upper mandible moderately hooked
at the point; the tooth slightly developed ; culmen rather rounded and arched
from the base which enters deeply between the feathers of forehead. Lower
The two middle tail feathers in the specimen described are wanting, hence their colour cannot be
particularized.