. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 582 MOTACILITDJE. itself. Tarsus equal to hiud toe and claw combined. Primaries equal, 1, 2, 3, 4. Primaries emarjjinatcd, 2, 3, 4 ; Jlfth primary shorter than secondaries, which are nearly equal to long primaries. Feet, in skin, not reaching beyond half of the Foot of Anihis pratensis. Adult male in breeding-plumage. General colour above olive- brown, all the feathers broadly centred with black, some of the mantle-feathers edged with whity brown; lower back and rump more uniform olive-brown, with obscure blackish centres to the feathers ;
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 582 MOTACILITDJE. itself. Tarsus equal to hiud toe and claw combined. Primaries equal, 1, 2, 3, 4. Primaries emarjjinatcd, 2, 3, 4 ; Jlfth primary shorter than secondaries, which are nearly equal to long primaries. Feet, in skin, not reaching beyond half of the Foot of Anihis pratensis. Adult male in breeding-plumage. General colour above olive- brown, all the feathers broadly centred with black, some of the mantle-feathers edged with whity brown; lower back and rump more uniform olive-brown, with obscure blackish centres to the feathers ; upper tail-coverts olive-brown, with longitudinal dusky blackish centres and paler olive margins ; lesser vsdug-coverts like the back; median and greater series dusky brown, edged with olive- brown or ashy olive, and tipped with paler sandy buff, inclining to whitish on the inner coverts of both series : bastard-wing blackish ; primary-coverts and quills dark brown, edged with ashy olive, paler on the secondaries, the innermost of which are clearer olive-brown on their edges, the first primary white along the edge of the outer web ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with olive, the outer feather white, smoky brown towards the end of the outer web, the inner web with an oblique mark of dark brown, the penultimate feather with a large wedge-shaped spot of white at the tip of the inner web ; head like the back, and streaked in the same manner, but somewhat more narrowly ; the dark streaks less distinct on the hind neck, which is more dusky ; eyelid and a streak over the ej^e pale sandy buff; ear-coverts dark olive-bro'\\Ti: feathers below the eye blackish ; cheeks pale sand}' buff, extending back on to the sides of the neck, separated from the throat by a black malar streak; throat uniform tawny buff; breast also tawny buff, thickly streaked with broad triangular spots of black, becoming more narrowly streaked on the lower breast: sides of the body and flanks washed with olive and
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