. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 4S. DRTOTRIOKCTIIS. 27ii. Bill of Bryotriorchis spectdbilis. 1. LryotriorcMs spectabilis*. Astur spectabilis, ScJil Xvderl Tijdschr. i. p. 13, pi. 6 (18G4); Gray, Haml-1. B. i. p. 29 (1869). Diyotriorchis spectabilis, iShelleij, Ibis, 1874, p. 91. Adult. Above dark browu on tbe bead and interscapulary region, which are shaded with ashy grey, the feathers of the nape and hind neck with conspicuous white bases, as also the scapulars ; wing- coverts brown, the least ones with narrow white edgings; greater coverts and quills brown, barred with darker
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 4S. DRTOTRIOKCTIIS. 27ii. Bill of Bryotriorchis spectdbilis. 1. LryotriorcMs spectabilis*. Astur spectabilis, ScJil Xvderl Tijdschr. i. p. 13, pi. 6 (18G4); Gray, Haml-1. B. i. p. 29 (1869). Diyotriorchis spectabilis, iShelleij, Ibis, 1874, p. 91. Adult. Above dark browu on tbe bead and interscapulary region, which are shaded with ashy grey, the feathers of the nape and hind neck with conspicuous white bases, as also the scapulars ; wing- coverts brown, the least ones with narrow white edgings; greater coverts and quills brown, barred with darker brown, the inner \veb of the quills white from the base upwards, the bars showing very plainly below; upper tail-covcrts dark brown, tipped with white, before which the feathers are subterminally darker brown ; tail brown, barred across with six blackish bands, narrowly tipped -ndth white; sides of face and of neck pale asliy brown, with a distinct moustachial stripe of black ; under surface of body white, the throat and chest washed with buify fawn-colour, the former with a broad central streak of black; breast and beUy with distinct black spots on the tip of each feather, the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts with small spots of rufous; axillaries, flanks, and thighs broadly barred with blackish, the latter more regularly ; under wing-coverts bufiy white, distinctly spotted with black. Total length 22-5 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 11-9, tail 10-4, tarsus 2-45. {Mus. G. E. ShelJey.) Younger (type of species). General colour brown, the dorsal feathers darker brown, the least wing-coverts and the upper tail- coverts with small buffy white spots at the tips of the feathers ; bases of the feathers of the crown, hind neck, scapulars, greater wing- coverts, and rump white, causing a slightly streaked appearance on the head and neck; throat white, with a central black streak and a narrow moustachial line on each side ; rest of under surface white, tinged with rufous on the chest and
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