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Show 174 DR. J. J. KAUP ON NISI AND ASTURES. [Jan. 24, inner webs. The lower plumage of the young bird nearly white, with spots on the chest and transverse bars on the sides, which have a rusty yellowish hue. The tail, viewed from below, has about ten cross bars. Point of wing (63 mm.) equal to three tenths of the wing (208 mm.). Tarsus 56 mm., middle toe 31 mm. Hab. Amboyna and Halmaheira. Fig. 4. A and B. Erythrospiza griseogularis. C. Uraspiza cruenta. 3. ERYTHROSPIZA GRISEOGULARIS, G. R. Gray. Astur griseogularis etA. henicogrammus, Gr. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 343. |