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tail coverts, as tlie breast below. Legs and toes, bluish grey; 

 claws, brownish black. 



Female; length, four inches and a half; crest, rather shorter 

 than in the male. The black round the neck narrower, and 

 interrupted; the black patch on the breast of smaller size. 



The young are said to have a rudimentary crest even in 

 the nest. Chin, nearly black ; throat, grey ; breast, dull white, 

 mixed with grey, as are all the under parts. 



