Genus C inclosoma, Fig . et H o n f .
Tab. X V.
CINCLOSOMA OCELLATUM.
Cinclos. c a p itis f r o n t e e t la te r ib u s . eorporequo s u p rà n fo -b r u n n e is , v e rtic e , coUoejue in f r o n t e
n ig ro -b ru n n e is ; p ootoro a lb e s c e n t,x u fo n ig ro fa s c ia to ; abdomine p a llid e ru fo , n u ch à d o n o
a lls, oaudeequo teo trio ib u s oooll.s a n tio i a tr is p o s tic i albis. n o ta t i s ; r em ig ib u s roetrieibusqiie
la te ra h im s g n s e o - fu s c is , a p ic ib u s albis.
l ia s ,r u m p e d e sa p o flav e s c en te s ; illie s c u lm in o f „ ,c „ . R em ig u m modim-„m p o g o n ia c x to rn a
g n s c a , s tn g am gnise am .nlanom ex h ib o n te s . Te c tric e s a la n n n in fe c io re s ru fo nim-o
a lb e s c c n tiq u e variegata3. °
L o n g itu d o corporis. 14 u n c .; alo:, a c a rp o ad rem ig is 6 tm ap icom . .5; ro s tr i. l A ; ta r s i, l A ;
cuuda:, J .
r - " 7 ' “ fro." «1.0 Tliruslies, Sliribes
■ atl Ciows, to each ol wh.ch ,t olfcrs ccrtam points of a „ a lo g y - is a species of the greatest r a r i ty neithoF
dcscnpttons, draw.ngs nor specimens, having come nnder onr notice previously to the one in t L present
e o l t e io n ; and even now, a solitary example is, ive believe, all that onr mnsenms can b c » t of. '
Ih e loose «owing feathers o f its back, together with Its short rounded wings and graduated and leiwtheiied
tarsus, aU, it m a very marked manlier to the Bush Shrihes of South A,nerica : o « ; opinion liowevei” wiiits
that confirmation which a kiioivledge o f its habits and iiiaiiiicrs alone can impart. The specimen nlliided to
The head ^ sllgli.ly crested with blackish brown feathers; tlie checks, wings, the whole o f the upper
s 11 face, and tile two middle tail-feathers, are nifoiis brown ; each feather on the hack being tipped with w i te
those oil the upper parts haviiig a black band above the white spot ; the throat is hlaekisli' b r l i . the breas;
pale nitons, aii.lod with black ; die wl.ole o f the iiiider parts iniltbrm pale brown ; the qtiilU aM te 7
leathers are dark silvery grey tipped with wliitc ; tlie beak .and feet b ro i ii.
i lie figure is of tlie natural size.
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