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yellowish olive, spotted or partially barred with whitish, the 

 inner webs notched and spotted with pure white ; a few of 

 the inner feathers narrowly barred with white upon both 

 webs ; shafts golden yellow ; tail- coverts golden olive, edged 

 with bright golden, slightly tinged with crimson, and having 

 whitish cross-markings; tail olive-brown, narrowly barred 

 with brownish white (whiter upon the inner webs), the cen- 

 tral pair of feathers more olive and the barring almost ob- 

 solete, the tips of all being deep golden, inclining to orange ; 

 shafts bright golden yellow ; nasal plumes white tipped with 

 black ; sinciput black, spotted with white ; remainder of the 

 crown and occiput scarlet, bases of the feathers blackish ; 

 nape intense black; lores and side of the face and neck 

 white, the latter narrowly barred with blackish; a black 

 auricular stripe ; chin, throat, and fore neck white, the latter 

 having dusky bars ; a very broad and intense black mous- 

 tachial stripe running onto the side of the chest; under- 

 parts, together with the flanks and thighs, dusky, the breast 

 and abdomen tinged with olive, and the whole barred with 

 whitish; under tail-coverts similar to the underparts, but 

 slightly tinged with golden ; under surface of the tail washed 

 with golden ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, barred 

 with blackish ; " bill dusky, with the under mandible lighter • 

 irides bright garnet-colour ; tarsi and feet pale dingy olive- 

 green'' (!'. Aijres). Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-45, 

 wing 5-2, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-85; toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0*62, outer posterior 0*72, inner anterior 0*45, inner 

 posterior 0*35. 



Adult female. Resembling the adult male, but rather more 

 dusky, and without the red upon the posterior half of the 

 crown and occiput, these parts being black ; the forehead and 

 crown spotted with white ; some of the ear-coverts varied 

 with white ; '' beak black ; legs black ; iris dark red : July 

 8th'' {T. E. Buckley), Total length 8*5 inches, culmen 1-4, 

 wing 5 4, tail 2*7, tarsus 0"75. 



Young male. Resembling the adult male, but having the 

 posterior half of the crown and the occiput of a duller red 

 and the feathers of the latter not elongated ; general colour 



