380 LINARIA FLAVIROSTRIS. 



much compressed, as are the toes, and the claws are very slen- 

 der, arched, and taper to a very fine point. 



The plumage is blended and very soft, with little gloss, the 

 feathers generally oblong and rounded. The wing is propor- 

 tionally longer than in the last sj^ecies ; the first and second 

 quills of the same length, the third a little shorter, the other 

 primaries rounded, but the inner slightly emarginate ; the 

 secondaries truncato-emarginate, excepting the inner two. The 

 tail is rather long, and deeply emarginate, the middle feathers 

 being five twelfths of an inch shorter than the lateral. 



The bill is greyish-yellow, or wax-yellow ; the irides brown ; 

 the feet and claws greyish-black. The upper parts are streaked 

 with light yellowish-brown and brownish-black, the central 

 part of each feather being of the latter colour ; that of the rump 

 feathers, however, deep red. The quills are brownish-black, 

 margined with greyish-yellow, excepting four of the inner pri- 

 maries, which are edged with white ; and there are two trans- 

 verse light broMTiish bands on the wing, formed by the tips of 

 the primary and first row" of small coverts. The tail-feathers 

 are brownish-black, margined externally with yellowish-bro^Ti, 

 the outer w^ith white at the base, internally with greyish-w^hite. 

 The sides of the head, throat, and fore part of the breast are 

 light reddish-brown ; the throat without spots, but the other 

 parts and the sides streaked with dusky ; the abdomen paler, 

 and the lower tail-coverts whitish, some of them with a dark 

 central mark. 



Length to end of tail 5i inches; extent of wings S{^ ; wing 

 from flexure 2^^ ; tail 2j% ; bill along the ridge 4^ twelfths, 

 along the edge of lower mandible 5i twelfths ; tarsus j% ; 

 middle toe and claw j%. 



Female. — The female in winter resembles the male, but 

 has the colours somewhat paler, is destitute of red on the 

 feathers of the rump, and has the bill slightly tipped with 

 dusky. 



Length to end of tail 5j% inches ; extent of wings 8j% ; 

 wing from flexure 2{ § ; tail 2^% ; bill along the ridge j% ; 

 tarsus j\ ; middle toe and claw j%. 



