. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 308 extending on each side of the shaft of the inner feathers and also towards tho base of the outer webs of the inner primaries, forming thereby a speculum of cinnamon-buff; the secondaries brown, edged with sandy rufous and inclining to cinnamon-buff towards the base ; the long inner secondaries like the back ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ashy brown, with pale cinnamon-buff margins ;. Foot of Peltohyas australis, to show the scales on both aspects of tarsus. tail-feathers dark brown, paler at the base and edged with s
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 308 extending on each side of the shaft of the inner feathers and also towards tho base of the outer webs of the inner primaries, forming thereby a speculum of cinnamon-buff; the secondaries brown, edged with sandy rufous and inclining to cinnamon-buff towards the base ; the long inner secondaries like the back ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ashy brown, with pale cinnamon-buff margins ;. Foot of Peltohyas australis, to show the scales on both aspects of tarsus. tail-feathers dark brown, paler at the base and edged with sandy buff, more broadly at the tips, especially of the outer ones, which have whitish ends, with a sub-terminal dusky shade before the end of the inner web ; crown of head sandy buff, spotted with blackish, and separated from the forehead by a broad band of black, reaching across from eye to eye ; forehead, lores, and feathers round the eye isabelline, with a black patch below the eye extending backwards on to the ear-coverts, which are otherwise vinous buff like the throat and centre of the fore-neck ; round the hind-neck a black collar descending on to the chest and skirting the fore-neck in the shape of a triangle ; remainder of under surface sandy buff, the region of the pra3-pectoral collar whitish below; centre of breast maroon- chestnut, dividing out on to the flanks ; lower abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries vinous buff or pale cinnamon ; lower primary-coverts and quill-lining ashy washed with pale cinnamon : " bill dark olive-brown ; feet yellowish. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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