400 ANTHID.E. 



permission, from the bird originally obtained by Mr. Vigors, 

 which, with his whole collection, was some years since pre- 

 sented to the Zoological Society. 



The upper mandible of the beak is dark brown, the lower 

 mandible pale yellow brown ; the irides very dark brown, 

 almost black ; a light-coloured streak passes over the eyes and 

 ear-coverts, the latter are brown ; the feathers on the top of 

 the head, nape, back, wing, and upper tail-coverts, are clove 

 brown in the middle, with lighter yellowish brown edges ; 

 the margins of all the wing-coverts and tertials buffy white ; 

 quill-feathers dark brown ; the outer tail-feather on each side 

 is dull white, with an elongated patch of brown at the base of 

 the inner web ; the next feather on each side is also in part 

 dull white, but the brown colour on the inner web extends 

 over a larger surface ; the three next feathers on each side are 

 very dark brown ; the two middle tail-feathers are shorter 

 than the others, not so dark a brown, and have light wood- 

 brown coloured edges. 



The chin, throat, and all the under surface of the body, 

 dull white, tinged on the sides of the neck and on the upper 

 part of the breast with yellowish brown, and spotted with 

 dark broAvn ; the flanks are also tinged with pale yellow 

 brown ; legs, toes, and claws, pale flesh colour ; the hind claw 

 very long, and but slightly curved. 



The whole length of the male bird is six inches and three- 

 quarters. From the carpal bone to the end of the longest 

 primary quill-feather, three inches and five-eighths ; the first 

 four feathers of the wing are very nearly equal in length, 

 but the first is rather the longest, and the three next in 

 succession are each a very little shorter than that which pre- 

 cedes it ; the fifth feather is a quarter of an inch shorter than 

 the fourth. 



These birds exhibit the green tinge on the upper surface, 

 and the reddish colour over the breast and flanks observed 



