. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 148 :. mottled luul barred with sandy isabellinc, like the adjoining sides of the neck; rest of under surface bamed with bntfy white and dark brown in about equal proportions, the whitish bars on the flanks and abdomen a little the broader ; the sides of the upper breast very- dark broMn, spotted and barred with huffy white; thij-h-feathers deep fulvous, the tarsi very scantily feathered; under tail-coverts whitisli, nnspotted; under wing-coverts ochraccous buff, mottled with brown markings, the lower scries ochraccous at base, dark bro
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 148 :. mottled luul barred with sandy isabellinc, like the adjoining sides of the neck; rest of under surface bamed with bntfy white and dark brown in about equal proportions, the whitish bars on the flanks and abdomen a little the broader ; the sides of the upper breast very- dark broMn, spotted and barred with huffy white; thij-h-feathers deep fulvous, the tarsi very scantily feathered; under tail-coverts whitisli, nnspotted; under wing-coverts ochraccous buff, mottled with brown markings, the lower scries ochraccous at base, dark brown at tip, tlius resembling the inner liniiig of the quills, which are very dark brown, with only four bars on the inner web. Total length 8-5 inches, wing 0. tail 3, tarsus 1 -45. Hah. Guadeloupe and S. Nevis, West Primaries of <S. guadclou'penus, to show pattern of coloration. a. Ad. St. S. Nevis. Tho^^. Cottle, R^q. [P.].. 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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