. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 16. STRNITTM. 259 Syrnium nebulosum, var. fulvescens, Ridgxc. Birds, iii. p. 29; Coues, B. N. W. p. 309. Adult. Above reddish chocolate-brown, with more or less con- cealed bands of yellowish ochre, sometimes inclining to white, the scapulars more largely marked with ochre on the outer web; wing- coverts rather darker chocolate than the back, the least series with only a few indistinct reddish bars, the outer ones with a few white spots, the greater and median series barred across with yellowish, inclining to white on the outer web; primary
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 16. STRNITTM. 259 Syrnium nebulosum, var. fulvescens, Ridgxc. Birds, iii. p. 29; Coues, B. N. W. p. 309. Adult. Above reddish chocolate-brown, with more or less con- cealed bands of yellowish ochre, sometimes inclining to white, the scapulars more largely marked with ochre on the outer web; wing- coverts rather darker chocolate than the back, the least series with only a few indistinct reddish bars, the outer ones with a few white spots, the greater and median series barred across with yellowish, inclining to white on the outer web; primary-coverts dark brown, with a few reddish bars ; quills dark brown, slightly margined with whitish at the tip, and barred across with dull rufous, the lighter bars inclining to white on the margins of the quills, the spots much larger on the primaries, producing a chequered appearance; upper tail-coverts chocolate-brown, barred with yellowish buff; tail cho- colate-brown, narrowly tipped with whitish and crossed with six. Foot of Si/nmitn fulvescens, to show the bare toes. other rather narrow bands of ochraceous, the centre bars inclining to whitish ; frontal feathers chocolate-brown ; the head, hind neck, and wig bright golden ochraceous, all the feathers tipped with chocolate- brown, producing a distiactly barred appearance, the plumes on the side of the neck having a whitish shaft-stripe ; facial aspect dull white, the feathers round the eye blackish, as also the loral plumes; the ear-coverts with mesial white shaft-lines and faint rufous bars ; facial ruff dark chocolate-brown, the upper and lower portion more fulvous, the feathers being barred with the latter colour ; chin dark brown; the ruff below the chin whitish, with broad dark central streaks ; rest of under surface yellowish, the breast barred with cho- colate-brown, the flanks and sides of the body streaked broadly down the same proportion between the light and dark bars as is seen in S. nehulosum. The face is plain
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