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greater wing-coverts slate-brown, edged with greenish- 

 yellow; all the wing-quills slate-brown with lighter tips, 

 the primaries and secondaries having also a narrow outer 

 edge of bright yellow, the tertials a broader edge of 

 yellowish-white ; tail-quills slate-brown, with the outer edge 

 yellow ; the chin, throat, breast and flanks, delicate sulphur- 

 yellow ; belly and lower tail-coverts, clear white ; the lowest 

 feathers of the tibia, yellow ; wings and tail beneath, grey : 

 legs, toes and claws, brown, sometimes dark brown. 



The whole length of some specimens is five inches and 

 one-quarter; but the average measurement is often rather 

 less. From the carpal joint to the tip of the wing, three 

 inches : the first primary very short and narrow ; the second 

 longer than the fifth : the wings when closed reach over 

 three-fourths of the length of the tail. 



Females do not differ much from males either in size or 

 colour. 



The vignette represents the nest of this bird. 



