412 PYRRHULA ENUCLEATOR. 



of the upper mandible are strong bristly feathers directed for- 

 wards. The wings are of moderate length, with seventeen quills ; 

 the primaries rounded, the secondaries slightly emarginate ; 

 the second and third quills longest, and with the fourth and 

 fifth having their outer webs slightly cut out. The tail is 

 rather long and emarginate. 



The bill is dusky, the base of the lower mandible paler ; the 

 feet blackish-brown, the claws black. The head, neck, fore 

 part of the breast, and rump, are bright carmine tinged with 

 vermilion ; the feathers of the back and the scapulars brownish- 

 grey, edged with red ; the bristly feathers at the base of the 

 bill blackish-brown. The wings are blackish-brown; the 

 primaries and their coverts narrowly edged with reddish- 

 white, the secondaries more broadly with white ; the secondary 

 coverts and first row of small coverts tipped with white, of 

 which there are thus two bands across the w4ng, the smaller 

 coverts edged with red. The tail is greyish-brown, the feathers 

 slightly edged with whitish. The greater part of the breast, the 

 abdomen, and the lower tail-coverts, are light grey, the latter 

 with a central dusky streak, and tipped with greyish-white. 



Length to end of tail 8i inches ; wing from flexure 4| ; tail 

 Sj% ; bill along the ridge 7i twelfths, along the edge of lower 

 mandible j\ ; tarsus ■^% ; first toe 4i twelfths, its claw /^ ; 

 second toe j^^^, its claw 2i twelfths ; third toe j%, its claw -^^ ; 

 fourth toe /g? its claw 2i twelfths. 



Female. — The female has the bill and feet of the same co- 

 lour as those of the male. The upper part of the head and the 

 hind-neck are yellowish-bro\STi, each feather with a dusky 

 central streak ; the rump is dull brownish-yellow ; the rest of 

 the upper parts light brownish-grey. The wings and tail are 

 as in the male, the white edgings and tips tinged with grey, 

 the cheeks and throat are brownish-grey ; the fore part and 

 sides of the neck, the breast, sides, abdomen and lower tail- 

 coverts ash-grey slightly tinged with brown. 



Length to end of tail 8i inches ; wing from flexure 4i ; tail 

 Sj% ; bill along the ridge 7i twelfths ; tarsus j% ; middle toe 

 and claw iJ. 



