. Animals in menageries. evidently anaberrant species, having the tip of the upper mandible per-fectly entire, and the tail almost even, without any white atthe tips of the lateral feathers : the rufous collar is rather atthe base of the throat than upon the breast: the third andfourth quills are equal, and longest; and the first much shorterthan the second: the stripe beneath the eye passes to the ears,and encloses a white spot beneath the eye: the rufous of thecollar is extended, on each side, down the sides of the breast andbody; and there is a faint olive tinge on the back. In thetwo last
. Animals in menageries. evidently anaberrant species, having the tip of the upper mandible per-fectly entire, and the tail almost even, without any white atthe tips of the lateral feathers : the rufous collar is rather atthe base of the throat than upon the breast: the third andfourth quills are equal, and longest; and the first much shorterthan the second: the stripe beneath the eye passes to the ears,and encloses a white spot beneath the eye: the rufous of thecollar is extended, on each side, down the sides of the breast andbody; and there is a faint olive tinge on the back. In thetwo last species, the claws are more curved than in the largertypical species. 97. Leucopygia , black ; beneath, cream colour: chin andthroat buiF or rufous ; lower part of the back, band onthe lesser wing covers, and spot at the base of the quills,white : flanks and under tail covers sometimes tingedwith rufous. Inhabits the interior of Bahia, Brazil. Mus. Nost,Total lengthen inches; bill, from the gape -^; wings. OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 313 3^; tail, beyond, li; ditto, from the base 3 ; tarsus-^; mid-dle toe and claw fg; hind ditto %. Frontal feathers ratherstiff or setaceous. Ears and sides of the neck black : the bandor spot of white upon the wing covers is very large and con-spicuous, but does not extend quite across ; and that upon theouter base of the primary quills is confined to the fourth,fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth. The upper tail covers, andthe tail, are black ; but the shaft of the outermost feather, andalso its internal tip, are white. In some specimens the rufouson the throat is much paler than in others, so as to become ofa buff orange. 98. Tanagrella slender, lengthened. hi Plumage, above, black; be-neath, varied : ears, chin, sideof the head, and lesser wingcovers, shining blue green:rump and frontal spot golden :belly and vent rufous: breast and flanks cinereouswhite : throat with a black collar: upper tail coversblue green.
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