84 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
the distal half nearly black; chin, throat and fore 
part of the neck and upper part of the breast ultra- 
marine blue, with a spot in the centre, which in 
some specimens is pure white, but in very old males 
is red;* below the blue colour is a black bar, then a 
line of white, and still lower down a broad band of 
bright chestnut; the belly dirty white; flanks and 
under tail-coverts light reddish brown; legs, toes 
and claws brown. ‘The females resemble the males 
in the uniform colour of the upper parts; the tail- 
feathers are not so bright; the chin and upper parts 
of the throat white, bounded below by a crescent- 
shaped patch of blue, mixed with some black, the 
horns of which are directed upwards, encircling the 
white below the blue colour; the breast is pale red- 
dish brown.” 
The bird in the Exeter Museum, as well as I 
could see (for it was high up and in a small case), 
appeared to be a young bird of the year, and very 
nearly answered the description given by Captain 
Hadfield of one of the Isle of Wight birds: ‘ Chin 
and upper part of the throat of a greyish, tinged 
with yellow; this gorget-like patch extends to the 
cheeks and over the bill, which is black; the 
breast of a dull bluish colour, longitudinally streaked 
with reddish brown, and slightly spotted and shaded 
* There appears at present to be some doubt whether 
the birds so marked are not a distinct species. 
