of the Ethiopian Region. 469 



the eye and upon tlie side of the occiput spotted with white ; 

 lores and under the eye white^ the bases of the feather 

 blacky jjroducing a spotted appearance ; side of the face white, 

 with very few short and narrow black streaks ; side of the 

 neck Avhite, spotted with black ; cheeks, likewise the chin, 

 throat, and fore neck, black, the cheeks having a crimson 

 patch, the remainder being spotted with white ; chest-fea- 

 thers black, with a broad yel lowish margin and shaft-streak ; 

 remainder of the underparts yellow, the abdomen striped, 

 the flanks and thighs barred with black; under tail-coverts 

 yellowish, with olive-brown V-shaped intermarginal mark- 

 ings ; under surface of the tail golden, and of the shafts 

 bright golden yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale 

 yellow, spotted and varied with olive-black ; under surface of 

 quill-shafts bright golden yellow; ''bill bluish brown; iris 

 pink wine-colour; legs and toes greyish green ^^ {Andersson). 



Total length 7*8 inches, culmen 1"3, wing 4*75, tail 2*5, 

 tarsus 0*85 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0"7, outer 

 posterior 0*6, inner anterior 0*55, inner posterior 03. 



Adult female. Differing from the adult male in having the 

 forehead and crown black, spotted with white ; no red malar 

 patch, the cheeks being, like the throat, black, spotted with 

 white; from the chin to the chest, inclusive, less black, the 

 feathers broadly margined with yellowish. Total length 8*0 

 inches, culmen 1-.2, wing 4"7, tail 2"o5, tarsus 0'85. 



Nestling female. In general colour resembling the adult, 

 but having the forehead and crown dusky, the spotting dull 

 wdiite and confined to the forehead; the occipital crest more 

 of a scarlet ; side of the face whiter ; the black of the cheeks, 

 as also of the throat and chest, less intense, and the white 

 spotting very dull, almost wanting upon the cheeks ; under- 

 parts not so yellow, the breast being spotted, the remainder 

 barred with blackish, the spotting being more intense ; under 

 tail-coverts marked as in the adult, but paler and duller; 

 shafts of primary-quills pale yellowish brown, those of the 

 secondaries darker ; the upper surface of the tail not so 

 clearly barred and of the same colour as the wings, the 

 shafts paler yellow ; under wing- coverts white, uniform along 

 the forearm, the remainder having large dusky spots. 



