386 PARID^E. 



of the neck ; the cheeks and ear-coverts white ; the back, 

 shoulders, and coverts of the tertials, greenish ash ; 

 upper tail-coverts bluish grey ; lesser wing-coverts greyish 

 blue ; greater wing-coverts bluish black, broadly tipped 

 with white, forming a conspicuous bar across the wings ; 

 quill-feathers bluish black, edged with bluish white, which 

 is broadest on the tertials; tail-feathers bluish black, 

 darkest on the inner web ; the outer tail-feather on each 

 side dull white on the outer web, and on part of the inner 

 web towards the end of the feather ; the chin and throat 

 black, and united to the black colour on the sides of the 

 nape, encircling the white ear-coverts and cheeks ; breasts, 

 sides, and flanks, dull sulphur yellow ; from the chest to 

 the vent a black stripe passes along the mesial line ; under 

 wing-coverts dull greyish white ; under surface of the 

 wing and tail-feathers lead grey ; under tail-coverts white ; 

 legs, toes, and claws, lead colour. 



The whole length of this species is rather less than six 

 inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the longest 

 quill-feather, two inches and seven-eighths : the first quill - 

 feather very short ; the second not so long as the third ; 

 the fourth a little longer than the fifth, and the longest 

 in the wing. 



The female does not differ much from the male ; the 

 plumage, however, is not so brilliant in colour, and the 

 black line down the breast and belly is not so broad as in 

 the male, nor does it extend so far towards the vent. 



