232 OUR FAVOURITE SONG BIRDS 



colour of the upper parts rufous-brown, each feather 

 with a dark centre : the wings and tail are brown, 

 the feathers having pale margins, the median and 

 greater wing-coverts broadly tipped and the inner- 

 most secondaries broadly margined with pale buffish- 

 brown. The forehead and crown are crimson, and 

 the rump is tinged with the same colour. The 

 general colour of the under parts is buffish-white 

 shading into brown on the flanks, and into black on 

 the lores and throat ; the breast is flushed with 

 crimson. The female resembles the male in colour, 

 but lacks the crimson tint on the breast and rump. 

 The nestling plumage resembles that of the female, 

 but the under parts are more streaked, and there is 

 no trace of the crimson on the head, or any other 

 part of the body. The total length of this bird is 

 about four and a half inches. 



