. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 6. PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS. 21 the secondaries and all but the five outer primaries ; rump and upper tail-coverts light chestnut; tail-feathers light chestnut, with a little dusky brown before the tip, the two centre feathers brown with chestnut bases and along the shafts ; crown of head and nape black; a broad frontal band of white, continued along the sides of the crown and occupying the sides of the hind neck, so as to form a broad white patch ; base of forehead, lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, and sides of neck black; cheeks and under surface of b
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 6. PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS. 21 the secondaries and all but the five outer primaries ; rump and upper tail-coverts light chestnut; tail-feathers light chestnut, with a little dusky brown before the tip, the two centre feathers brown with chestnut bases and along the shafts ; crown of head and nape black; a broad frontal band of white, continued along the sides of the crown and occupying the sides of the hind neck, so as to form a broad white patch ; base of forehead, lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, and sides of neck black; cheeks and under surface of body hght chestnut, the lower abdomen whitish; sides of body, flanks, and thighs light chestnut; quills dusky brown below, the inner margin ashy ; bill and feet black ; iris brown. Total length 5 inches, cul- men 0-55, wing 2-45, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-95. Adult female. General colour above ashy brown, the rump reddish brown; lesser wing-coverts ashy brown ; median and greater series dusky brown, externally edged with the same brown as the back, rufescent towards the tips of the feathers ; bastard-wing feathers, primary-coverts, and quills dusky, externally edged with ashy brown like the back, the secondaries rufescent on the outer web ; upper tail-coverts chestnut; centre tail-feathers brown, edged with chestnut, remainder of the feathers chestnut; crown of head like the back ; lores fulvesceut: feathers round the eye whitish ; ear-coverts chocolate-bro\vn; cheeks and under surface of body nifous, obscured by ashy brown edges; throat more ashy ; abdomen whiter ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs a little brighter chestnut; under tail-coverts light chestnut, edged with whitish ; under wing- coverts and axillaries pale yellowish chestnut; quills dusky below, the inner edge ashy. Total length -i-8 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-Q, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-9. Hah. Africa from. Tunis to Morocco; crossing into Southern Spain. a. iS ad. sk. Algeria. Purchased. h. c? ad. sk. Khifon M'Sakta, Al
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