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back, but each feather is grey in the middle, and 

 the shafts are of a still lighter grey ; the flanks and 

 belly are like the back, but the under wing and 

 tail-covers, as also the under side of the tail are all 

 paler and more fulvous ; the tips of the tail-feathers 

 are pale fulvous, but without any defined spot or 

 mark. 



The nuchal bristles do not spring, as they have 

 been represented by M. Temminck,* from the crown 

 of the head, but from the nape of the neck, and 

 appear to be arranged in two fascicles, one on each 

 side, each containing three or four of unequal length ; 

 the longest measuring about one inch and a quarter. 



It may here be remarked that not only this, but 

 the other two species now described, have the fea- 

 thers on the crown of the head equally if not more 

 lengthened than those on the chin and throat, so 

 that they form, in the living bird, a decided crest, 

 capable of being raised or depressed at pleasure. 



Total length, 8| ; bill from the front nearly ^ ; 

 wings, 4j 2 o ; tail beyond, 2J ; ditto from the 

 4 ; tarsus, ^ ; hind-toe and claw, T %. 



* PI Col. pi. 88. 



