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which gradually changes to yellow on the nape ; 

 there is also a slight tinge of the same rufous colour 

 in the middle of the throat, as far as the breast. 

 The wing-covers and tertials are blackish-brown, 

 broadly edged with yellow ; the quills brown, with 

 very narrow edgings of the same ; tail very short, 

 slightly rounded, and light olive-yellow like the 

 back ; bill black ; legs pale ; second quill a quarter 

 of an inch shorter than the third. 



Total length nearly 5 inches ; bill, gape, y^ ; 

 wings, 2 T 6 U ; tail beyond, ^ ; base nearly 2 ; tarsus, 

 f ; middle toe and claw, ^ ; hind ditto, T 6 ; inner 

 toe rather shorter than the outer. 



FINIS 



M. B. By some unaccountable oversight, the artist who 

 designed the Vignette of the first volume, has represented 

 the Corytkaix Persa instead of the Corythaix Semgatensis, the 

 head of which, as drawn by Mr. Swainson, is sriven at 

 Plate XXI. 



