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flattened, as well as dilated at the gape ; the co- 

 louring of the head and neck is very peculiar, and 

 is so mixed and blended as not to admit of an easy 

 definition. The top and sides of the head are of a 

 chestnut-black, graduating into a shade of cinere- 

 ous on the nape, and of vinaceous-red on the ears 

 and sides of the throat ; this changes to dark brown 

 on the lower part of the neck above, and then into 

 deep black, which is the ground colour of the re- 

 maining upper plumage ; on the scapulars, and 

 down the middle of the back, is a broad stripe of 

 bright and pure yellow ; the base of the feathers, and 

 edges of the same, beingblack; a band of yellow is ais<> 

 on the middle of the lesser quills, and a very small 

 one, much paler, at the base of the primaries ; the 

 edges of the wings, and the under wing-covers, are 

 also pale yellow ; the under parts are dull vinaceous- 

 red, becoming nearly cinereous on the chin and 

 throat, which are like the ears; across this, and 

 just above the breast, is a narrow band of dark 

 brown ; the under tail-covers are dingy yellow, and 

 the thighs brown. The tail is black; all the feathery 

 except the middle pair, having a transverse white 

 band before their tips ; bill vinaceous brown, part 

 of the culm en and the margins being yellow ; the 

 legs are pale, and probably flesh-coloured. 



Total length, 8 inches ; bill, gape, 1 T 4 S ; front 

 T 7 5; wings, 4; tail beyond, 1 T ^ ; base, 2 ; tar- 

 sus, T v 



The next type* we have named 



Evrytaimvs lunatus. Gould, Zool. Trans, i. 75, pi. 25. 



