354 SYLVIAD.E. 



few yards of it this bird is readily distinguished by the 

 white mark above the eyes." 



The beak is black, and rather stouter at the base than 

 that of the Gold Crest ; the irides hazel ; on the cheek 

 above the eye, and also below it, a greyish white streak ; 

 at the base of the crest on each side a black streak ; from 

 the angle of the beak to the eye, and over the ear-coverts, 

 a second black streak ; and from the lower mandible, 

 passing downwards and backwards, a third black streak, 

 producing three dark lines contrasted with the two light- 

 coloured lines on the sides of the head, and hence the 

 French name " triple bandeau ; " the forehead greyish 

 white, tinged with red ; the crest large, and of a much 

 more vivid reddish colour than that of the same parts in 

 the Gold Crest ; the nape, back, and upper tail-coverts, 

 olive-green, but with less of the brown and more of the 

 yellow than in the other species, particularly on the sides 

 of the neck ; great coverts of the primaries tipped with 

 white ; base of the secondaries black ; wing and tail- 

 feathers brownish black, edged with green ; the tail- 

 feathers longer than those of the Gold Crest ; all the 

 under parts greyish white ; legs, toes, and claws, brown. 



Whole length near four inches. From the carpus to the 

 end of the primaries, two inches; the first quill very short; 

 the second shorter than the third ; the fourth and fifth 

 nearly equal, and the longest in the wing. 



The young of the year are stated by Mr. Jenyns, " to 

 be distinguished from those of the last species by the 

 longer and broader bill ; cheeks cinereous, without any ap- 

 pearance of the longitudinal streaks ; crest of a pale lemon 

 yellow, scarcely developed; forehead and sides of the neck, 

 cinereous ; upper parts not so bright as in the adult ; 

 under parts cinereous, tinged with yellow. 



