412 PARHXE. 



flanks fawn colour ; under tail-coverts jet black ; legs, toes, 

 and claws, black. 



The whole length is rather more than six inches. From 

 the carpal joint to the end of the wing two inches and one 

 quarter ; the first feather very short ; the second feather 

 equal in length to the fifth, but shorter than the third ; the 

 fourth the longest in the wing. 



In the female the head is of a dull brownish fawn colour 

 where the male is pearl grey, and the feathers in the situa- 

 tion of the moustache are of the same colour as those of 

 the cheek ; the female has sometimes been described as 

 wanting the whiskers ; but the elongated feathers are pre- 

 sent, though not coloured black ; the plumage of the fe- 

 male is in other respects like that of the male, but the 

 colours are not quite so delicate and pure ; the under tail- 

 coverts in the female are fawn colour. 



In young birds about three weeks old the tertials want 

 the broad white inner webs ; the wing and tail-feathers are 

 patched with black ; the tail-feathers short and but slightly 

 rounded ; the whole of the under surface of the body fawn 

 colour ; the legs light brown. At this age young males 

 have an indication of the whisker in a small black line 

 reaching from the base of the beak to the eye. 



