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surface of the head, neck, shoulders, wing-coverts, and 

 back, fawn colour ; wing primaries and secondaries, bro- 

 coli brown ; outer edges reddish buff; upper tail-coverts, 

 and the two long central tail-feathers, uniform reddish 

 buff; the outer five tail-feathers on each side reddish buff 

 over two-thirds of their diminishing length ; then a broad 

 band of black extending over both webs of the feather ; 

 the remainder of the length pure white; each extreme 

 outside feather with the most elongated portion of white ; 

 chin, throat, and all the under surface of the body, and 

 under tail-coverts, dull white ; under surface of the wings, 

 the sides and flanks, delicate fawn colour ; under surface of 

 the tail-feathers marked like the upper surface, but the 

 colours not so bright ; legs, toes, and claws, pale wood 

 brown. The plumage, in colour, resembles that of our 

 well-known Bearded Tit. 



The whole length of the specimen, seven inches ; from 

 the bend of the wing to the end of the longest quill- 

 feather, three and a half inches; the first wing-feather 

 short ; the second and "sixth feathers about equal in length ; 

 the third, fourth, and fifth feathers equal in length, and the 

 longest in the wing. 



