186 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Germs Gecinus. 



olive, redder near the shafts ; quills brown, the outer webs 

 of the outer primaries spotted with whitish, and having the 

 basal portion dull red margined with olive golden, the inner- 

 most primaries having almost the whole of the outer webs 

 red, tipped with golden green ; outer webs of the secon- 

 daries vivid green, the inner portion of the webs more or less 

 red; inner webs of all spotted with white, the tips of the 

 innermost being bright green ; shafts brown ; tail brownish 

 black, the two central feathers having both webs margined 

 at the base with dull olive, the next feathers having only the 

 outer webs so margined ; dwarf feather blackish brown, 

 tipped with greenish ; shafts black ; nasal plumes black ; 

 forehead, edge of the crown, and occipital crest crimson, the 

 tips of the feathers being of this colour ; crown and middle 

 portion of the occipital feathers olive, margined with a 

 yellower shade, the bases leaden grey ; lores yellowish white ; 

 between the eye and nostril a black line; side of the face 

 olive, streaked with a lighter shade ; from behind the eye a 

 narrow white line passing behind the ear-coverts, and joining 

 another from the lores, running under the ear-coverts ; cheek- 

 patch crimson, with pinkish cross markings on a dusky 

 ground ; nuchal crest bright golden yellow ; chin and throat 

 dull buffy white, barred with dingy olive; side of the neck, 

 chest, and breast uniform dull olive ; remainder of the under- 

 parts, including the flanks and thighs, dull yellowish white, 

 barred with diagy olive, the barring less distinct on the 

 abdomen ; under tail-coverts dull white, barred with dingy 

 olive, and tipped with a yellower shade ; under wing-coverts 

 yellowish white barred with olive; axillaries white with 

 yellow tips, and barred with olive : " bill greenish yellow 

 horny ; culmen and tip dark plumbeous ; irides carmine 

 red ^^ (/. Scully). Total length 10 inches, culmen 1*27, wing 

 5'25, tail 3'75, tarsus 0'9; toes (without claws) — outer an- 

 terior 0"73, outer posterior 0*65, inner anterior 0'53, inner 

 posterior 0*35. 



Young male. Resembles the adult male, but is altogether 

 less brilliant in colour ; the crown of a duller olive ; the 

 crimson on the forehead, occiput and checks less spread over 



