of the Ethiopian Region. 427 



Adult male. Above, including scapulars_, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts, uniform yellowish olive ; lesser wing-coverts 

 yellowish olive, the median and greater series dusky olive, 

 spotted with whitish ; quills brownish dusky, the secondaries 

 edged externally with yellowish olive, the whole spotted on 

 the outer webs with yellowish white and upon the inner with 

 pure white, the spots upon the outer webs being very minute ; 

 shafts yellow ; tail dusky brown, narrowly notched with pale 

 brown, and having a barred appearance ; dwarf feather yel- 

 lowish dusky, faintly barred with a darker tint, shafts golden 

 yellow; sinciput umber-brown, brighter on the foi'chead ; 

 posterior half of the crown and occipital crest bright scarlet ; 

 hind neck dusky ; lores, a stripe over the eye, and entire 

 sides of the face and neck white, narrowly striped with 

 black ; a narrow black moustachial stripe ; chin and throat 

 white ; from the fore neck to the under tail-coverts, inclu- 

 sive, white, faintly tinged with yellow and striped with 

 blackish, the striations on the under tail-coverts being rather 

 browner ; under surface of the tail slightly washed with 

 golden yellow ; under wing-coverts white, spotted with black ; 

 axillaries white. Total length 4'5 inches, culmen 0*68, wing 

 3'15, tail 1'8, tarsus 0*5 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0*4, outer posterior 0*5, inner anterior 0*35, inner pos- 

 terior 0-22. 



Adult female. Resembling the adult male, but having the 

 sinciput of a darker shade of brown ; the rest of the crown 

 and occipital crest black ; upper parts and scapularies brighter 

 in tint, and the underparts slightly yellower. Total length 

 5*0 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-25, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-57. 



Young male. Differing from the adult male in being duller 

 above and barred with dusky, the upper tail-coverts having 

 a trace of scarlet on their tips; sinciput darker; the rest of 

 the crown and occiput black, the feathers of the jiosterior 

 half of the crown having scarlet tips, this colour coming more 

 forward on the crown than in the adult. Total length 4*8 

 inches, culmen 0*62, wing 3*25, tail TO, tarsus 0"57. 



The above descriptions have been taken from the tyijc 

 specimens in the Paris Museum. They are the only ones we 



