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chest to the vent, inclusive, yellowish ashy, greener on the 

 chest and thighs ; tibial plumes brownish ashy ; under tail- 

 coverts similar to the under surface of the body, but having 

 dusky V-shaped markings ; under wing-coverts white, slightly 

 washed with yellow, and having irregular dusky brown mark- 

 ings ; axillaries white, with a pale yellow tinge, and having 

 faint dusky bars: "irides pale rose-colour; bill plumbeous, 

 the tip brown and the base of the lower mandible greenish; 

 feet dirty green; claws grey'' {David &^ Oustalet). Total 

 length 10"5 inches, culmen 1"65, wing 5 '6, tail 3"85, tarsus 

 1'15; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0"78, outer pos- 

 terior 0*72, inner anterior 0*58, inner posterior 0"35. 



Male nestling. Resembles in general coloration the adult 

 male, but is less brilliant ; the two central rectrices not yet 

 showing the barring of the full-grown bird ; the crimson 

 patch on the fore part of the crown smaller ; chin and throat 

 more of an ashy grey, and not tinged with buff ; underparts 

 dusky, with a tinge of yellowish olive, rather brighter on 

 the chest. 



Adult female. Resembles the adult male, but is slightly 

 duller in colour, and may be distinguished by the absence of 

 red on the forehead and crown, these parts being grey, the 

 crown narrowly striped with blackish ; the striations on the 

 occiput and the nape less black ; the stripe in front of the 

 eye browner and extending to the nostrils ; moustache less 

 intense black ; the markings on the under tail-coverts fainter ; 

 the rump less yellow, and the barring of the tail not so dis- 

 tinct ; the soft parts as in the male. Total length 10'2 

 inches, culmen 1"5, wing 5*3, tail 3*7, tarsus 1. 



Female nestling. Differs from the male nestling in the 

 absence of the crimson on the fore part of the crown ; 

 some of the abdominal feathers tipped with pale yellowish, 

 the half-concealed portion with an intermarginal V-shaped 

 black marking, and giving to the abdomen a mottled ap- 

 pearance. 



After an examination of the Swinhoe collection and other 

 specimens in Mr. Seebohm's cabinets, and also of the British 

 Museum collection, I find every intermediate form between 



