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' To Dr. Jerdon’s description of the adult male, we must add; 
that the tail is tipped with white, the breadth of the tipping 
increasing from the centre to the exterior feathers; the black 
band mentioned by him being a subterminal one; all but the 
two centre tail feathers have at times linear black brown spots 
on the inner webs; as for the quills, they are often narrowly 
edged and tipped with white, and the spots on their inner webs 
are generally more or less rufous. The cere and orbits are 
bright yellow, the legs and feet bright orange yellow. ‘The bill 
yellowish at the base; bluish black on culmen and at tips. The 
claws horny black ; the irides brown. 
The young male is not, as Jerdon would lead one to suppose, 
exactly like-the female; it is always in the first place more 
rufous I think, and there are minor differences difficult to ex- 
press perhaps, but very perceptible to the practised eye. I sub- 
join accurate measurements and a detailed description of the 
young male. 
Dimensions. Length, 14. Expanse, 30. Weight, 7 ozs. 
Wing, 9°8; the 2nd and 38rd primaries equal, and the long- 
est; Ist 1:0 shorter; 4th, 0°8 shorter. Tail from vent, 7:5; 
exterior tail feathers 1°3 shorter than centre ones. ‘T'arsus, 
(feathered in front for 0°5), 1:53. Foot, greatest length, 2°35 ; 
greatest width, 2°35; mid toe, 1:1; its claws straight, 0°44; 
hind toe, 0°5 ; its claws straight, 0°5. Bull, straight, 0°69 ; along 
curve, 0°88; from gape, 0°85; width at gape, 0°76; height at 
front at margin of cere, 0°32; cere, only 0°19. Lower tail 
eoverts reach within about 3°38 of end of centre tail feathers. 
Wings, when closed, reach to within about 2 inches of the end 
of the centre tail feathers. 
Description. Legs and feet yellow, feet slender, claws black, 
centre and outer toes connected by a membrane as far as the 
first joints. 
Orbits, yellowish green. JIrides, brown. 
Cere and gape, yellow or pale or greenish yellow. Bill, pale 
greenish or bluish green at margin of the cere and base of lower 
mandible, pale blue beyond, deepening almost to blue black at 
the tips. ‘Tongue, short, rather broad, thin and membraneous 
towards the tip which is slightly divided. 
Plumage. Feathers of forehead, rufous white, feathers, dark 
shafted. Feathers of the top and back of head and nape, a 
somewhat vinous rufous, each with a narrow central dark brown 
stripe. ‘The whole of the base of the back of the neck, the 
upper back, scapulars and upper wing coverts, except the greater 
coverts of the primaries, vinous rufous, all the feathers with 
conspicuous broad bars of dark brown, the bar nearest the tip, 
