112 LOST AND VANISHING BIRDS 



buff, darkest on the back, aud suffused with pink on 

 the breast ; the lower half of the bird is curiously 

 pied. The lower back, scapulars, and innermost 

 secondaries are buff, marked with black ; the flight 

 feathers are black, broadly barred with white ; the 

 rump is white ; the tail is black, with a broad white 

 band across the centre and spreading towards the 

 tips of the outer feathers ; the belly and under tail 

 coverts are white ; the flanks are streaked with 

 dark brown. The female is a trifle smaller and 

 duller, as are also the young. The total length of 

 this bird is about ten inches. 



