of the Ethiopian Region. 473 



7-2 inches, culmeii I'l, wing 4*3, tail 2"3, tarsus 0'8; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0'65, outer posterior 57, 

 inner anterior 0'45, inner posterior 0'3. 



Adult female. Differing from the adult male in having the 

 forehead and crown black, spotted with yellowish white, the 

 occipital crest alone heing scarlet ; the malar stripe absent, 

 the cheek being yellowish white striped with black ; flanks 

 and thighs streaked (not barred) with black ; '^ bill horn- 

 colour, paler on the lower mandible ; iris brown ; tarsus yel- 

 lowish olive'' {G. E. Shelley). Total length 7-8 inches 

 {G. E. S.), culmen 1-05, wing 4'3, tail 2-35, tarsus O'S. 



Young female. Back and scapulars dusky, with a yellowish 

 tinge and spotted with dull yellowish white, each feather 

 having a rounded spot at the tip, and lower down a second 

 one assuming a bar-like character, margin of the feathers 

 slightly yellowish ; wing-coverts more olive than the back, 

 and with smaller white spots; exposed portion of bastard- 

 wing and primary-coverts dusky, with minute marginal 

 whitish spots ; quills dusky brown, outer webs of the pri- 

 maries more or less olive and spotted with white ; outer webs 

 of the secondaries entirely olive, with marginal transverse 

 spots of yellowish white ; inner webs of all the quills (except 

 the innermost) with larger pure white spots ; the innermost 

 secondaries barred with yellowish white across both webs ; 

 shafts clear light brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts dusky, 

 barred with white, the tips yellowish ; tail brownish dusky, 

 barred with light broAvn, the central feathers washed with 

 yellow ; shafts pale yellow ; nasal plumes brownish dusky ; 

 feathers of the forehead and entire crown brownish dusky at 

 the tip, the bases lighter dusky ; on the forehead and outer 

 edge of the fore part of the crown a few very minute white 

 spots ; nuchal feathers orange-scarlet, elongated and forming 

 a broad band; lores and sides of the face whitish, streaked 

 with black ; sides of the neck whitish, spotted with black ; 

 a slight dusky malar stripe ; underparts from the chin (in- 

 clusive) downwards dull white (slightly yellow on the chest, 

 breast, and abdomen), a median line down the chin and 

 throat spotted with black, and the whole under surface, ex- 



