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barred with black, the barring of the latter more dusky; 

 under wing-coverts buflP, barred with black ; axillaries yel- 

 lowish white, spotted with blackish. Total length 6"0 inches, 

 culmen 0"67, wing 3"7, tail 2*4, tarsus 0*65 ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0*6, outer posterior 0'5, inner anterior 

 0*45, inner posterior 02. 



Male, not fully adult. In general appearance like the more 

 fully adult male, but having the forehead, crown, and occi- 

 pital crest of a less brilliant scarlet, the bases of the feathers 

 sooty ; the back less vivid ; tail blackish brown, with a faint 

 wash of olive upon the margins of the feathers ; chin and 

 throat more tawny ; underparts richer yellow, browner upon 

 the chest ; under wing-coverts buff, barred with black. 



Adult female. Different from the adult male in ha\ang 

 the forehead and crown black, spotted with yellowish white, 

 the occipital crest (only) being scarlet; upper parts less 

 vivid ; under surface of the body not so yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts pale buff, barred with black. Total length 6*0 inches, 

 culmen 0'6, wing 3-55, tail 2*15, tarsus 0'65. 



Of this species I have examined several specimens from 

 Gaboon, as well as one fi'om the Congo. The latter bird is 

 evidently the true C. permista of Reichenow, and is identical 

 with Gaboon examples. 



With regard to C. vestita of Cassin I am unable to speak 

 with certainty, as I have never examined a specimen in the 

 exact state of plumage described by that author. It has 

 been put down by subsequent authors as the young of C. 

 permista ; but I am not quite certain about this being the 

 case, because in the British Museum is a bird with a yellow 

 crown and crest, which I think is really the immature of 

 C. permista ; and therefore if C. vestita of Cassin ultimately 

 turns out to be the young of C. permista, it must represent 

 a still earlier phase of plumage than the yellow-crested bird 

 above alluded to. Malherbe describes and figures as the 

 female adult of C. maculosa a bird which I take to be the 

 same as C. vestita of Cassin. I am sorry to have to leave 

 this question alone ; but I cannot give any definite opinion 

 without seeing specimens. 



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