SYLVIADZ. &9 
In the adult male the beak is black; irides 
blackish brown; the head, neck, back and scapulars 
dark lead-blue; rump and tail-coverts orange-red ; 
wing-coverts black, rather broadly margined with 
the same colour as the back; quills dusky, ter- 
tials rather broadly margined on the outer web with 
white, making a spot of that colour on the closed 
wing; the two central tail-feathers reddish brown, 
the rest orange-red, like the coverts; a small space 
immediately over the beak; the cheeks to the eyes, 
chin, throat and breast, black—the feathers on the 
throat and breast margined with grey; flanks, belly 
and vent darkish grey, shaded nearly to white at the 
vent; under tail-coverts white, tinged with orange- 
red; legs, toes and claws black. 
The female has the whole of the head, neck all 
round, back, scapulars, breast and flanks dull smoky 
brown; wing-coverts and tertials dusky brown, mar- 
gined with pale grey; primary and secondary quills 
dusky brown; rump, tail-coverts and tail much the 
same as in the male, but not so bright; the tips of 
all the tail-feathers are reddish brown, like the two 
centre feathers; the under tail-coverts pale orange- 
red. The young birds of the year resemble the 
adult female. 
The eggs are white: Hewitson says that when 
they are blown they are of a purer white than those 
of any bird he has seen. 
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