278 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Chrysophlegma. 



and wing-coverts blood-red ; bastard-wing brown, spotted on 

 the outer webs with buff ; primary-coverts brown, externally 

 margined with a redder tint ; quills blackish brown, the 

 outer webs of the primaries partially or entirely margined with 

 blood-red and notched with buff, the inner webs spotted with 

 the same ; the secondaries having the outer webs blood -red, 

 the inner webs notched and spotted with buff j shafts dark 

 brown ; rump and upper series of upper tail-coverts bright 

 lemon-yellow, lower series of upper tail-coverts blackish 

 brown, spotted with buff; tail and tail-shafts black ; forehead, 

 crown, and occipital crest blood-red inclining to pinky red, 

 slightly dusky brown on the forehead ; elongated nuchal crest 

 yellow; lower hind neck green, barred with yellowish and 

 spotted with blood-red; lores and side of the face rufous washed 

 with red, the feathers having red tips ; side of the neck clear 

 bright red ; from the chin to the chest inclusive pale rufous, 

 the latter spotted with blackish brown and buffy white ; 

 entire underparts pale buff, crossed by zigzag markings of 

 blackish brown, these being narrower on the abdomen ; 

 under tail-coverts pale buff, barred with blackish brown ; 

 under wing-coverts blackish brown, with large pale buff 

 spots : " legs and feet dirty green ; lower mandible pale 

 bluish ; upper mandible horny black ; eyelids dirty green " 

 [W. Davison). Total length 10*25 inches, culmen 1"1, wing 

 4-8, tail 2*7, tarsus 0*9; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0*78, outer posterior 0*75, inner anterior 0*55, inner pos- 

 terior 0"4. 



Young male (May 13tli). Differs from the adult male in 

 having the upper parts dusky green, the upper portion of 

 the back without the irregular transverse yellow markings, 

 the feathers having dull yellowish tips ; the yellow on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts paler ; the red on the wings less 

 brilliant ; the forehead and crown dusky brown, the feathers 

 having dusky tips ; the whole of the face, neck, and chest 

 dull buffy brown, the face having faint dusky transverse 

 markings, the sides of the neck and the chest having these 

 dusky markings more pronounced, the chin and throat being 

 uniform ; occipital crest duller red, and the nuchal crest 



