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low on the cheek ; beneath this is a gorget of a beau- 

 tiful bright yellow ; the back and scapulars are of a 

 fine chesnut brown, the former marked with dusky 

 streaks ; the margin of the feathers with olive ; rump 

 is olive brown ; the upper tail coverts inclining to 

 chesnut ; the smaller wing coverts are olive green ; 

 the greater coverts are dusky, their outer webs ches- 

 nut brown ; the greater quills are dusky, edged with 

 green on their exterior webs ; the smaller quills ches- 

 nut, dusky down their middle ; across the breast is a 

 band of chesnut, mixed with yellow ; the belly and 

 under tail coverts are yellow ; the latter dusky on 

 their shaftb, the sides more inclining to brown ; the 

 under wing coverts are bright yellow ; the two mid- 

 dle feathers of the tail are chesnut brown, the rest 

 black, except the two exterior on each side, which 

 have an oblique bar of white from the tip half way, 

 and the outermost feather is white throughout the 

 whole of the exterior web ; the legs are brown ; the 

 claws dusk) . 



Weight 7 drams, length 6f inches. 



The female is darker ; she forms her nest of dry 

 stalks, roots, and a little moss, lined with long hair 

 and fibrous roots. 



