. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 228 M^ Bill and wing of Leuaopeza semperi. 1. Leucopeza semperi Leucopeza semperi, Sclater Acad. Sci. p. 151 (1878) ficlater, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 14; Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Adult (type of species). General colour above dark slaty grey, slightly washed with browu on the lower back and rump ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back, the greater series dusky, edged externally with dull slaty grey ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, obsoletely margined with dull slaty grey, a little paler on the primaries ; tail-feathers b
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 228 M^ Bill and wing of Leuaopeza semperi. 1. Leucopeza semperi Leucopeza semperi, Sclater Acad. Sci. p. 151 (1878) ficlater, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 14; Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Adult (type of species). General colour above dark slaty grey, slightly washed with browu on the lower back and rump ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back, the greater series dusky, edged externally with dull slaty grey ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, obsoletely margined with dull slaty grey, a little paler on the primaries ; tail-feathers blackish, washed with dull slaty grey on the outer webs ; head like the back, a little lighter grey on the forehead ; lores dusky : sides of face and ear-coverts lighter slate- colour, still paler on the cheeks and throat, which are pale ashy grey, deepening into slaty grey on the breast and much darker slaty grey on the sides of the breast and flanks, the lower flanks washed with brown ; thighs also slaty grey ; centre of breast and abdomen white ; under tail-coverts brownish ashy, with slaty centres to the feathers ; axillaries and under wing-coverts slatj'-grey, the feathers edged with white; quills dusky below, ashy along the edge of the inner web. Total length 5"8 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 2"65, taU 2-2, tarsus 0-9. Hah. Island of Santa Lucia, West Indies. a. Ad. sk. Santa Lucia {Semper). h. Ad. sk. Santa Lucia {Semper). Sclater Collection. of species.) Sclater Collection. (Type 2. Leucopeza bishopi. Leucopeza bishopi, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. p. 151 (1878); id. Pr. Nat. Mus. pp. 189, 486 (1879). Male. The general plumage is smoky black, rather darker on the. 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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