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these parts; throat, chest and breast, more of a dusky 

 brown with an olive tinge ; the nnderparts whiter, and the 

 dark barring more dusky, the whitish markings on the outer 

 webs of the outermost primaries being larger ; under wing- 

 coverts without a trace of yellow. Dr. Scully gives the soft 

 parts of the immature male, in August and September, as 

 follows : — " Bill greenish horny, dusky above and at the tip ; 

 orbital skin slaty plumbeous ; irides crimson ; feet and claws 

 plumbeous greenish.^' 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in the absence 

 of the crimson on the forehead and edge of the crown, and 

 in this colour not spreading over the entire occipital crest, 

 the forehead, crown, and central feathers of the occiput 

 being bright yellowish olive, only a few of the latter having 

 crimson tips ; the crimson malar stripe also wanting, the 

 cheeks being olive varied with yellowish white ; the yellow 

 nuchal crest scarcely so brilliant : " bill yellowish green 

 horny; culm en and tip dark plumbeous; irides carmine red; 

 orbital skin bluish plumbeous ; tarsi dingy green ; toes 

 greenish leaden; claws grey horny" (/. Scully). Total 

 length 10"5 inches, culmen 1'15, wing 5"05, tail 3*55, tarsus 

 0-9. 



The white spotting on the outer webs of the primaries is 

 very inconstant, and cannot be regarded as a character. In 

 adult examples from various localities these markings exist, 

 while in equally adult birds from the same localities they are 

 wanting. In a fully adult male and in a young male now 

 before me the spots are almost equally developed. Burmese 

 specimens have the outer webs of the primaries generally 

 unspotted, but I have in my collection an example, obtained 

 by Major Houghton, in which they are spotted along their 

 whole length. I have recently examined a male specimen 

 of the present species from the mountains near Perak 

 (Z/. Wray), the most southerly locality whence it has been 

 procured. It is a very dark bird, and has the whole of the 

 underparts of a blackish olive, and all below the chest is 

 covered by bar-like spots of pure white. The colour is much 

 darker than in typical specimens, and, but for the distribu- 



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