ATTICORA FUCATA
TAWNT-IIEADED SAVALLOAV.
Rinindo fucata, Temm. PI. Col. iv. pi. 161. fig. 1 (1823); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 58
(1845).
Cotile fucata, Boic, Isis, 1826, p. 971 ; AA^iite, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 596.
Herse fucata. Less. Compì. Buff. viii. p. 498 (1837).
Cotyle fucata. Gray, Cat. Eissir. Brit. AIus. p. 30 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 342 (1850) ;
Cass. Cat. Hirund. Mus. Pliilad. Acad. p. 10(1853); Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 145
(1856) ; id. Reis. La-Plata St. ii. p. 478 (1861) ; Reinli. Vid. Alccld. Nat. Eor.
Kjohenh. 1870, p. 251 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 18, 402(1871); Scl. & Salv. Nomencl.
Av. Neotr. p. 14 (1873).
Atticora fucata, Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 308 (1865); Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 72,
no. 858 (1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds in Brit. AIus. x. p. 188 (1885) ; Salvin, Ihis,
1885, p. 206 ; Beri. & Ihering, Zeitscli. ges. Orn. ii. p. 117 (1885) ; Scl. & Hudson,
Argent. Orn. i. p. 35 (1888).
A . su b tù s a lb a : g u ttu r e e t prcepectore c e rv in is : p ilco ce rvino-rufo.
Hab. in AmericA, merid io n a li.
A d u lt. G e n e ra l colour above b row n , th e rum p an d u p p e r ta il-c o v e rts o b s cu re ly edged witli d u ll wliity
b row u ; wiiig-covcrts lik e th e ba ck, th e in n e r g r e a te r c o v e rts edged w ith w h ity b row u n e a r th e ir
e n d s ; ba sta rd -w in g , p rim a ry -co v e rts , a u d q u ills bla ck ish b row u , th e in n e rm o s t sccoiularics w ith
w h ity -b row n edges ; ta il- f e a th e r s d a rk b row u ; crown o f h e ad de ep taw n y ru fo u s , be coming
c le a re r on th e liiu d c r crow n a u d n ap e ; th e e a r-co v e rts and sides o f n e ck taw n y ru fo u s , ex ten d in g
ro u n d th e h in d ne ck ; che eks, th ro a t, a n d b r e a s t pa le taw n y ; sides o f bod y brown, s lig h tly washed
w ith ru fo u s ; c e u tre o f b re a s t, ab d om en , a n d u n d e r ta il- c o v e r ts w h ite ; th ig lis b row n ; u n d e r
w ing-cove rts a u d a x illa rie s sm o k y b rowu, s lig h tly wa shed w ith ru fo u s ; quills a shy b rowu below.
T o ta l le n g th 4'G in ch e s, cu lm en 0 ‘25, w ing 4-15, ta il 2, ta r s u s 0-45.
T h e sexes a re a lik e iu c o lo u r a n d th e r e is n o t m u c h se a sona l v a ria tio n in plum ag e . The
following a rc th e m e a su rem en ts o f th e sc rie s o f spe c imens in th e B ritish M u s eum :—
Total length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus,
in. in. in. iu.
fl. (J ad. R o ra im a [W h i l e l y ) ........................................................... 4 0 3 ‘9 1 7 0 3 5
? ad. „ „ 4-2 3-7 1 6 0 1
c. cJ ad. „ „ 4-3 3-8 1-65 0 4
d. ? ad. „ ,, ........................................................... 4 2 3 9 17 o i
e. c? ad. Y p an em a {N a tle r e r )..............................................................4-3 4 '1 1 7 ()-4
/ . ¥ ad. „ „ 4 '3 4-0 1 7 5 O 'l
y . A d . P am p a s A rg e u tin a s (L e y b o ld )........................................... 4 ’5 3 '9 5 2 '0 0 ‘45
h. {J ad. M en d o z a {W e is s h a iip t) ........................................................ 4 '7 3 ‘75 FG 0-45
i. ^ ad. C o sq u iu (W h i t e ) .....................................................................4-G 4-0 F 8 0 '4