of the Genus Migljl^tes. 195 



notclied with pure white ; some of the inner quills narrowly- 

 barred with dingy buffy white across both webs; shafts 

 brown ; tail dusky^ the feathers narrowly notched or partially- 

 barred on both webs with dirty white^ the dwarf feather 

 being tipped with the same ; shafts brown, black at the tip ; 

 entire head and upper part of the side of the neck dusky 

 olivCj slightly darker on the crown^ and inclining to black 

 on the hind neck ; a broad red cheek-patchy from the end of 

 which is a stripe of clear buffy white covering the lower side 

 of the neck and extending as far as the chest ; chin and 

 throat dirty yellowish white^ narrowly barred with black; 

 fore neck^ chesty and breast blacky the feathers of the latter 

 very narrowly barred at the tip with dull buffy white ; flanks, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts olive-dusky, with a brownish 

 tinge, barred with dingy butfy white; abdomen uniform 

 dusky olive-brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries buffy 

 white, the former slightly spotted with blackish, the latter 

 having dusky bars. Total length 7 3 inches, culmen 1'05, 

 wing 3'95, tail 2'4, tarsus 0'78; toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0'6, outer posterior 0"6, inner anterior 0*4, inner 

 posterior 0*2 7. 



Immature male. Resembling the adult male, but rather 

 lighter in colour, the forehead and crown more dusky brown, 

 the feathers tipped with dull red, and having a subterminal 

 blackish band, the red brighter on the forehead; occiput 

 dusky brown ; malar stripe of a paler and duller red ; side 

 of the head more of a dull buffy brown ; the light patch on 

 the side of the neck buff; the light barring on the chin and 

 throat dingy buff; fore neck, chest, and ujjper breast browner, 

 the two latter barred with dingy buff or pale brown; under- 

 parts, including the abdomen, also browner, and the barring 

 of the whole similar in colour to that on the chest and breast ; 

 under wing-coverts uniform pale buff; the spots or partial 

 bars on the quills and rectrices larger and broader. 



Nestling male. Differing from the older but still immature 

 male in having the red confined to the forehead, and not 

 spreading over the crown, the latter, as well as the occiput, 

 being uniform olive-dusky as in the adult ; side of the head 



