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centre of each feather; the rump tinged witli greenish yellow; 

 the under surface of the body of a lighter grey, longitu- 

 dinally streaked with dusky brown ; the shoulders mottled 

 with two shades of dull greyish brown ; both sets of wing- 

 coverts dull black, with white tips, forming two conspicuous 

 bars across the wings ; all the quill-feathers nearly black ; the 

 primaries and secondaries with narrow lighter-coloured edges ; 

 the tertials edged and tipped with white ; the tail forked, the 

 feathers dull black, with naiTOw light-coloured edges ; under 

 tail-coverts dark at the base, with greyish white ends ; legs, 

 toes, and claws, dark brown. 



The male in his second plumage has the beak, neck, back, 

 rump, and under surface of the body, crimson red ; the base of 

 each feather dark grey : the quill and tail feathers darker 

 than in the younger bird, or than in either of the other 

 species, and almost uniform black ; the tertials only being 

 tipped with white. 



A male described by the Prince of Musignano, and be- 

 lieved to be older than the preceding bird, had a light buff 

 orange tinge where the other was crimson ; the wings and 

 tail of a still deeper black. 



The female at first like the young bird, but afterwards 

 loses the striated appearance on the under surface, and attains 

 a lemon yellow colour on the rump, and over a portion of 

 the breast. 



Whole length about six inches. From the carpal joint to 

 the end of the wing, three inches and three-eighths : the 

 first three primaries very nearly of equal length, and the 

 longest in the wing ; the fourth feather shorter than the 

 third, but much longer than the fifth. 



