. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 106 TIMELIIBiE. 3. Sphenura broadbenti. Sphenura broadbenti, McCoi/, Ann. <§• Maq. Nat. Hist. (3) xix. p. 185 (1867), XX. p. 179 (1867); Gould, B. Austr. Suppl. pi. 25 (1869); Gray, Ilaud-L B. I p. 205, no. 2900 (1869); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ii. p. 185 (1878). " Back, shoulders, and flanks dark brown; wings and tail of a slightlj- richer and more rufous-brown, the tail-feathers in some lights seeming to be transversely marked with faint, glossj-, trans- verse, narrow bands of a slightly lighter shade; crown, nape, and ear-cove
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 106 TIMELIIBiE. 3. Sphenura broadbenti. Sphenura broadbenti, McCoi/, Ann. <§• Maq. Nat. Hist. (3) xix. p. 185 (1867), XX. p. 179 (1867); Gould, B. Austr. Suppl. pi. 25 (1869); Gray, Ilaud-L B. I p. 205, no. 2900 (1869); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ii. p. 185 (1878). " Back, shoulders, and flanks dark brown; wings and tail of a slightlj- richer and more rufous-brown, the tail-feathers in some lights seeming to be transversely marked with faint, glossj-, trans- verse, narrow bands of a slightly lighter shade; crown, nape, and ear-coverts rich chestnut or rufous-brown ; a triangular spot in front of, and slightly over each eye, and the throat, greyish white ; feathers of the breast lunulated, greyish white at their margins, dull brownish like the flanks at their base ; the greyish white ex- tends in a narrow track along the middle of the abdomen ; legs, feet, upper part and tip of the bill dull brown ; lateral parts of the upper mandible and the basal portion of the lower one yellowish; legs 7" 9'", bill from gape 94'", from forehead 7'", wings 3" 4|"', tail 4" 10'", tarsus 1" 2'". The great length of the wing, tarsi, and bill easily distinguish this species from the two previously known, as well as the rufous head and ears, and the greyish white instead of buff" colour over the front of the eye. I am uncertain what value should be attached to the much darker and stronger lunula- tion of the breast-feathers, as I have only seen one specimen, and am not certain whether it has attained maturity. The bill is stronger, being deeper as well as longer, and slightly more arched in the culmen than in the S. hrachyptera, to which it is most nearly allied. The sixth primary is also slightly longer than the fifth and seventh, which are equal; the claws are rather stouter than in that species, and the three or four large rictal bristles are weaker. The specimen d
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