. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 19. CICnLADTISA. 69 1. Aedonopsis signata. Cossypha si^nata, Sinidrr. Qift\ K. Fork. Stockh. 1850, p. "101; Sharpe, ed. Lmjard B. S. Afr. p. 22!) (1877). Bessonornis sig-uatiis, Layuvd, B. S. Afr. p. 131 (18(37). Aedon signata, Gjai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 211, no. 2983 (18G9). Adult. General colour above chocolate-brown, shading off into lighter and more fulvous-brown on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts; upper wing-coverts greyish, the inner ones slightly edged with olive-brown, the edge of the wings slightly, and the bast
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 19. CICnLADTISA. 69 1. Aedonopsis signata. Cossypha si^nata, Sinidrr. Qift\ K. Fork. Stockh. 1850, p. "101; Sharpe, ed. Lmjard B. S. Afr. p. 22!) (1877). Bessonornis sig-uatiis, Layuvd, B. S. Afr. p. 131 (18(37). Aedon signata, Gjai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 211, no. 2983 (18G9). Adult. General colour above chocolate-brown, shading off into lighter and more fulvous-brown on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts; upper wing-coverts greyish, the inner ones slightly edged with olive-brown, the edge of the wings slightly, and the bastard wing broadly, tipped with white ; primar}'-coverts blackish ; quills blackish brown, the primaries edged with white, the secondaries with brown, the iunermost resembling the back ; primaries white at the base of the outer web, forming a conspicuous alar speculum ; two centre tail-feathers olive-brown, the others blackish, broadly tipped with white and washed with olive-brown, especially near the base ; lores blackish; over the eye a distinct white eyebrow, surmounted by a narrow black line drawn from the lores to above the eye ; round the eye a circlet of whitish feathers ; ear-coverts brown, darker below the eye; cheeks and sides of neck greyish, with a slight indication of a darker malar stripe ; under surface of body white, the throat circumscribed by a band across the fore neck, which is greyish brown like the sides of the body; the breast is also ashy, and is separated from the darker throat-band by a somewhat indistinct band of white; under wing-coverts white with brown bases, giving a mottled appearance to the edge of the wing ; quills dusky below, white at base of inner web. Total length 7"3 inches, culmen 0'S5, wing 3-25, tail 3"2, tarsus 1-15. Hah. Africa. a. Ad. sir. South Africa. Gould Collection. h. Ad. sk. Kingwilliamstown {C. Capt. H. Trevelyan [P.]. c. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. d. Ad. St. South Africa. Sir A. Smith. e. Ad. st. S
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