. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 210 FAtCONIDiE. innermost entirely brown, like the back, all tbe quills barred above with blackish, broader but more indistinct on the secondaries; lower upper tail-coverts creamy buff, as is also the taU at the base ; tail- feathers alternately barred with black and creamy white, tipped with the latter colour, with an ashy shade overspreading the whitish bars; head and neck creamy buff, the latter slightly washed with rufous; the crown and nape streaked with dark brown centres to the feathers, the forehead and a broad eyebrow uniformly creamy bu
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 210 FAtCONIDiE. innermost entirely brown, like the back, all tbe quills barred above with blackish, broader but more indistinct on the secondaries; lower upper tail-coverts creamy buff, as is also the taU at the base ; tail- feathers alternately barred with black and creamy white, tipped with the latter colour, with an ashy shade overspreading the whitish bars; head and neck creamy buff, the latter slightly washed with rufous; the crown and nape streaked with dark brown centres to the feathers, the forehead and a broad eyebrow uniformly creamy buff, as are also the sides of the face, except the upper margin of the ear-coverts, which is brown; under surface of the body rich creamy buff, all the feathers of the breast and abdomen broadly streaked down the centre with dark brown; throat, under wing- and tail-coverts unspotted. Obs. A specimen in the collection shows the progress towards maturity, in the disappearance of the rufous mottling on the upper surfaces, whUe a uniform black shade is spreading over the bird both above and below; the thighs rufous; on the tail two ashy brown bands, the basal one, however, becoming obsolete. Hab. Brazil, Peru, and Columbia. a. Juv. sk. Trinidad. b. Ad. St. Brazil. Purchased. c. Ad. st. Brazil. d. 5juv. st. Caracas. Mr. Dyson [C.]. 31. BUSARELLUS, Busarellus, Lafr. m D' Orb. Bid. tTHist. Nat. ii. pp. 785, Type. 786 (1842) B. nigrieollis. lelithyoborus, Kmip, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 76 B. Hind toe of Busarellus iiigricolUs, to show spicules. Range. Brazil, Amazonia, and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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