228 YIEGINIJLN PAETEIDGE. 



feathers of the lower part pale yellowish or greyish white, 

 edged with arrow-heads of black, and those on the sides 

 elegantly marked on their centres with rich chesnut brown, 

 bordered with black lines and white margins. Back above, 

 yellowish red brown, slightly pencilled all over with black; 

 most of the feathers edged with bluish ash-colour and pale 

 yellow. 



The wings, of twenty-three quills, have the first and eighth 

 feathers of the same length, the second equal to the sixth, the 

 fourth the longest in the wing, the fifth nearly equal to it, 

 the third about equal to the seventh; lesser wing coverts, 

 yellowish red brown, pencilled with black. Primaries, greyish 

 brown; secondaries and tertiaries, dusky, or greyish brown, 

 the inner ones of the former variegated with the black mark- 

 ings; the latter edged with yellowish white. The tail, of 

 twelve feathers, short and much rounded, is greyish blue or 

 ash-colour, sprinkled with reddish brown, waved towards the 

 end with yellowish red; upper tail coverts, olive brown and 

 yellowish brown, pencilled with black; under tail coverts, light 

 yellowish red, with dusky streaks on the centres of the feathers 

 and whitish tips. Legs and toes, light ash-colour; claws, 

 dusky. 



Female; length, nine inches; the band over the eyes and 

 the head on the sides, light yellowish brown; crown, paler 

 than in the male; neck in front, light red on the lower 

 part; on the back and the nape, paler than in the male. 

 Throat, light yellowish brown, margined with black, brown, 

 and yellowish red spots; breast, light red; back, paler than 

 in the male. The tail, more undulated with red and greyish 

 white. 



The young at first have the bill brownish yellow; iris, light 

 hazel; the head on the sides, dusky; the upper parts light 

 yellowish brown, with patches of grey. 



