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running backwards from above the hind part of the eye ; 

 lores, all round the eye, and sides of the face dingy white ; ear- 

 coverts mouse-grey ; a broad black malar stripe ; hind neck 

 greenish yellow ; chin, throat, fore neck, side of the neck, and 

 chest ochreous yellow, the latter with, at most, only a tinge of 

 green ; under surface of the body whitish, with a tinge of 

 yellow, the feathers having an intermarginal line of olive- 

 green ; under tail-coverts whitish, with an intermarginal line 

 and shuft-streak of blackish olive ; the lower series greenish 

 grey, the underside of the large outer tail-feather spotted 

 with greyish upon both webs ; under wing-coverts white, 

 tinged Avith yellow and spotted with black ; axillaries white, 

 with a slight yellow tinge, and barred with blackish. Total 

 length 12 inches, culmen 1--4, wing 5"3, tail 3'8, tarsus 1"1 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0*8, outer posterior O'S, 

 inner anterior 0'57, inner posterior 0'4. 



Young male. In general coloration and markings like the 

 adult male, but duller ; the forehead, crown, and occiput 

 orange-scarlet, the feathers of the outer edge of the crown 

 and occiput black, without red tips, and forming a well-marked 

 stripe ; the chin and throat ochreous, and the sides of the neck 

 and the chest less yellow ; under surface of the body more 

 of a buffy brown, the feathers having dusky striations and a 

 whitish central stripe, these being fainter than in the adult. 



Nestling, male. In general coloration like the older, but 

 still immature bird, though slightly duller, the chin, throat, 

 sides of the neck, and the chest uniform ; the remainder of 

 the underparts nearly uniform, the dark markings found in 

 the adult being almost obsolete, except on the sides of the 

 body, flanks, and thighs, the whitish centres to the feathers 

 being only a shade lighter than the ground-colour ; outer 

 edge of the forehead and crown, as well as the occiput, and 

 probably the nape (damaged in this specimen), black ; the 

 feathers of the forehead and greater part of the crown tipped 

 with orange-scarlet, this colour forming a conspicuous patch; 

 tail uniform black. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the 

 forehead, crown, and occiput black. Total length 10"5 inches, 

 culmen 1'22, wing 5, tail 3'7, tarsus I'l. 



