. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Primaries of <S. guadclou'penus, to show pattern of coloration. a. Ad. St. S. Nevis. Tho^^. Cottle, R^q. [P.].. Primaries of S. cuniciilaria, to show pattern of coloration. The specimen described agrees very well with the race called by Mr. lUdgway Speotyto cnnirvhria, var. (/iiadelovjwnsis; and coming from neighbouring islands, these birds are very probably identical. The above account was written before I had consulted Mr. Ridg- way's book, and it will be seen how well the main characters agree with his descriiition. " Primaries without
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Primaries of <S. guadclou'penus, to show pattern of coloration. a. Ad. St. S. Nevis. Tho^^. Cottle, R^q. [P.].. Primaries of S. cuniciilaria, to show pattern of coloration. The specimen described agrees very well with the race called by Mr. lUdgway Speotyto cnnirvhria, var. (/iiadelovjwnsis; and coming from neighbouring islands, these birds are very probably identical. The above account was written before I had consulted Mr. Ridg- way's book, and it will be seen how well the main characters agree with his descriiition. " Primaries without broad or regular bars of whitish on either web; primary-coverts plain brown ; brown mark- ings on the lower parts regularly transverse, and equal in extent to the white; white spots on the upper parts very small, reduced to mere specks on the dorsal region. Wing 6-40, tail 3*40, culmen "60, tarsus 1-82, middle toe 0-85. Outer tail-feathers and inner webs of primaries with the light (ochraccous) bars only about one fourth as wide as the brown (disappearing on the inner quills)." There is evidently some little difference between the age of 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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