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and of which there are on some feathers two, and on 

 others (as the interscapulars) three ; the whole up- 

 per part of the head, in the male, is crimson, conti- 

 nued to the occiput, which is crested ; and in this 

 sex there is a red maxillary stripe. The sides of the 

 head are whitish and the ears crimson ; the latter 

 have a few black specks. The whole of the under 

 plumage, from the throat downwards, is straw-co- 

 loured yellow, pale on the helly, deepest on the 

 breast, and nearly white on the chin and sides of the 

 neck ; upon this colour there are numerous black 

 dots, none bigger than a pin's head, scattered on the 

 throat and its sides, and on the breast and flanks, 

 very few on the chin, and none on the middle of the 

 body, or on the belly ; these spots are larger and 

 paler on the flanks, and on the sides of the neck, 

 towards the back, they change into little transverse 

 bands ; on the breast there are about five on each 

 feather. Quills banded externally with narrow ful- 

 vous white bars on the outer webs ; tail brownish- 

 orange, with about seven dusky bars across both 

 webs. Shafts of the primary quills and tail-feathers 

 golden-orange, the latter by much the brightest. 



The female is especially distinguished by having 

 one half of the top of the head deep black, with a 

 milk-white stripe down the shaft of each feather ; 

 the hind crest is as long as that of the male, but the 

 maxillary stripe is whitish, with a round black spoj 

 near the tip of each feather. 



Total length, 9 inches ; bill, from the gape, Ifa 

 wings, 4 T 7 ^; tail, from the base, 3J; tarsus, nearly T 8 3 . 



