396 PITTID/E. 



long and forming a crest ; chin and throat white ; sides of the 

 neck and a broad collar on the upper breast bright yellow ; sides 

 of the body and of the breast yellow, barred with black ; under 

 wing-coverts black, a few of the feathers in the middle being white ; 

 the upper plumage with the tertiaries and upper wing-coverts light 

 chestnut-brown ; primaries and their coverts black ; secondaries 

 black, the first two or three margined with whitish near the tip, 

 the others margined more broadly with the same colour as the back ; 

 tail bright blue, the inner webs being almost entirely black. 



Female. Forehead pale, the crown and nape bright ferruginous ; 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and a line along the neck black, a few of the 

 feathers of the cheeks pale orange-brown ; chin and throat dirty 

 white ; remainder of the lower plumage yellow closely barred with 

 black ; the yellow most bright on the breast, and the bars almost 

 absent on the abdomen ; with the exception of the head, which has 

 been described, the whole upper plumage is like that of the male ; 

 lower tail-coverts black, tipped with dull blue ; primaries and 

 secondaries dull brown ; tail as in the male. 



Bill black ; iris dark brown; eyelids black ; gape whitish; legs 

 and claws fleshy white (Davison). 



Length about 8'5; tail 2-2; wing 4-1; tarsus 1*6; bill from 

 gape 1-1. 



Distribution. The extreme southern portion of Tenasseritn and the 

 Island of Tonkah. 



