HIA T ICULA 1N0 RNATA, Gould.
Allied Dottrel.
JfiaticuUt morH«<n,iGimRgHi 1’in^Ri^on^'Oc, fu t XIV.
I EUl formmujiar-, h iiftiKnv'Jo^i.'-'ioii tWM-xJinplo-i.oft)»tapp<a€8, t h e w h o s e colouring
suggested.thb tenu-ut mmUn . i^ M mw^imftTlunmlqliuii ■ * Xiuly, htiwcvoi ^ through che kindness of
l.iciil^ ln u > K A , 1 ifS S p t'y s jjt!u tlu r i samples with at,b»ghter.style o f njarking, which is doubtless ebarac-
ti nstn limlii«trniimiyor'hr(eiluig-^t asonVmunfflh fh 'rL n d i I the-a© e^ S e ||o n ly applicable to the bird
'"»ijur iSimJpluuiS;* 'o f winter:' IwKniarlv/'tMl’^ u f ilie Hmtiaila fgUsorm o f North America, of which
.it torn'. iVt itih ilr tn n «a m Aiv^iWijB 'd i.tk f f im n lr '^ t^ 'h u h tr*ij,.a n itivi
' I Wli-UM. r ,L, ro this iW «fpeeies; Mr. Gilbert found
iilSinmrt’!m>n lilo-t^iflhf t mil. pmm ini^jm^^rlh nn^Mmjrho id of 1’ irt JEssington, and I"believe
that « ^ L l^ iq h ^ r ih i lsl u (^nt,Jom s’ Nrn£.nud New Guinea; J n ut. ^ ^ ^ .e c im e n s wrthf*bC0«d
E floia i(la Maud '• ■
T lMt j ^ r M ' j e r lM fW r iU t i i i s>i/i^iTl*lJbi- v s i s ; is^™lint, some -.piuiuens being
fully a tilled l^r|uira>th< r ? , H i ^ ^ ^ t - ' e . i i i i o r l u n i J . y to - itisfy mySelfon the subject
!\ hi stiumchs of the T dis-i c u d mm m yilu ^ m iin^c^sinaU e n j s t a ^ s animals, and a large portion of
sand.
The male in summer h a s^ e fprehead whiteTahove which is a ^ m e o fS a c k ; all the upper surface pale
^ iw l-h brown; < rimn o f^ L ^ S ih u to i is , » h w h lm ly ^ ^ c o ^ ^ c g g in the ba ck^ g side s io© he neck, and
' ,W r i n g ^ ^ S t r e * o f iS)e breist form« i pec U)ral'bnijl> ^ g ^ f S j 'b r p « n theCoverts and secondaries
margined and tipped w i th ^ tC jp K r ii.itts ot t h ^ m ^ u s white-frump white ^ c e n t r a l taiV
feathers daib b r q r t o V p i { g ^ i^ h i^ r ‘the,t lteral Ic ubers ^ r i ^ ^ K i t h brown in the centre; lores,
W k ?W m ear-coverts black; cbinjithroat^ ^ ^ ^ p « ^ 's u r f a c e white; hides dark brown;
'B ill blackish grey; tarsi %J&ash-grey■, £ > tA '< em s ju r r iy ^ L . . - "
Tbe.w&etv.f'uipage differs in w a n t i n g ' t ^ r u f o u s f j p , t s h e a d , neck and breast; . » ‘the ear-
coverts t & ^ hmwn. and in ‘having a b f t i^ ^ K h I # the eqj^iencemeht o f a band onp r th e r -^ o f the
chest.
The figures are of the nuturaV siieii