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plete one, based on the author's later and more extended 

 experience of the species, is given in the Addenda to the 

 vohune, I proceed at once to this : 



The male has the crown and nape grejMsh-brown 

 with scarcel}' any greenish gloss, bnt distinctly tinged 

 with red ; remainder of upper surface dark olive- 

 greenish-brown ; wings brownish-grey, each feather 

 having a broad pale otiter edge ; tail black, the 

 middle feathers with dark-red outer webs, the others 

 uniformly black ; upper tail - coverts dark crimson ; 

 lores, forehead, eyebrow, face, sides of neck, throat, 

 breast and sides deep crimson with some tiny white 

 spots on the sides of the breast : lower breast and 

 abdomen blackish - brown ; thighs and vent black ; 

 under tail - coverts rusty black ; under wing- coverts 

 brownish isabelline ; under surface of wings pale 

 ashy-gre^^ Bill lead-coloured with blackish tip and 

 cutting edges ; eye dark brown, surrounded with 

 yellowish lid-ring ; feet dark lead-grey. The female 

 (which has not hitherto been fully described) is above 

 pale grey-brown ; forehead and crown dull ashy-grey 

 washed with olive-greenish ; a broad loral band, eye- 

 brow and chin light crimson ; sides of head reddish- 

 grey ; neck, breast, sides of breast and belly reddish- 

 brown with white spots on the sides as in the male ; 

 wings brownish grey ; tail-feathers black, the middle 

 ones with broad dull red outer webs ; upper tail- 

 coverts dark crimson ; abdomen ochreous - brown ; 

 vent and under tail-coverts black ; under surface of 

 tail and wings ashy-grey : bill, feet and eyes as in the 

 male. Ivcngth four inches. (Brit. Mus. Catalogue). 



In the Addenda Dr. Russ gives some pages on another 

 Firefinch, which he considers to be most probably L. rhodo- 

 pearia; whether he is right in his supposition, I must leave for 



