THY BLUE: TYEMOUSE 
the wings and tail are blue, the greater wing-coverts 
and the innermost secondaries tipped with white; the 
crown is azure blue, surrounded by a ring of dull white, 
succeeded by a band of dark blue, which also encircles 
the white cheeks and meets on the chin and throat. ‘The 
under parts below the throat are greenish yellow, palest 
on the abdomen, and with a streak of dusky blue on the 
centre of the breast ; under surface of the wings yellow. 
Bill dusky grey; tarsi and toes lead-colour ; irides brown. 
Length 4% inches. The nestling is similarly coloured, 
but the white parts are strongly suffused with yellow. 
and the dusky mark on the breast is absent. 
10g 
