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Rh Differing from A. e. griseigularis Ridgway of northwestern Colombia in much less grayish underparts (especially throat and chest), darker coloration of upper parts, and larger size.

Adults (sexes alike). — Forehead and crown, together with entire loral, orbital, superciliary, supra-auricular, and auricular regions and anterior half or more of malar region bright cinnamon-rufous, the supra-auricular region sometimes paler, forming a more or less distinct postocular streak; nape, hindneck, back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts plain olive-brown (between sepia and raw umber), the nape and hindneck sometimes duller; tail and wings cinnamon- rufous, this passing into brown on terminal portion of remiges and on tertials, the primary coverts tipped with more grayish brown; under- parts light olive or buffy olive, passing into dull whitish on upper throat and chin, inclining to raw umber on flanks, the abdomen sometimes tinged with tawny; under wing-coverts deep ochraceous- buff, the inner webs of remiges broadly edged with deep pinkish buff; maxilla blackish brown, mandible pale brownish (in dried skins) darker terminally; legs and feet horn color (in dried skins).

Young. — Pileum and hindneck olive-brown, nearly concolor with back, etc.; sides of head similar, relieved by a more dusky broad streak occupying upper portion of auricular region and a paler superciliary or supra-auricular streak, the latter sometimes rufous-tawny, the lower portion of auricular region, suborbital region, and malar region also sometimes rufous-tawny or suffused with that color; coloration otherwise essentially as in adults, but underparts tinged with ochraceous, or sometimes with indistinct narrow bars of dusky.

Adult male. — Length (skins), 140-153 (146); wing, 64-72 (66.8); tail, 66.5-75.5 (71.5); culmen, 12-14.5 (13.4); tarsus, 18-19.5 (18.6); middle toe, 13-14.5 (13.7).

Adult female. — Length, (skins), 136-162 (146); wing, 62-69.5 (65.8); tail, 63-75 (70); culmen, 12.5-14 (13.4); tarsus, 18-19 (18.6); middle toe, 13-14.5 (13.6).