GOLDEN-BREASTED TBAOOPAN. 225 



The tips of each feather covering the breast and 

 belly are marked with a large white spot, with the 

 dark shaft running through. The tail is black, 

 clouded with brown ; the coverts do not extend 

 so far over it as in the last, and are of a yellowish- 

 white, with a narrow bar of black at the tip of each. 



The female given by Mr Gould, and represented 

 on our Plate XXVI. is entirely of a dull umber- 

 brown, marked with a variety of dark bars and waves. 

 The feathers of the hind head are of the usual tex- 

 ture, and are slightly lengthened behind. Neither 

 wattles nor horns are apparent. 



Our next Plate represents a modification of this 

 form in 



