PUKPLE HEBON. 85 



blackish brown, the under one pale yellow; iris, pale yellow; 

 the crest does not appear. Forehead, blackish grey; crown, 

 grey, tinged with reddish brown, as is the back of the head; 

 the neck, pale reddish brown in colour, has the stripes of 

 black only slightly indicated, and the elongated feathers are 

 wanting; in front it is yellowish white, with longitudinal 

 black spots. Breast below, reddish white; back, deep grey, 

 the feathers margined with reddish brown. Tail, deep grey, 

 the feathers margined with reddish brown. 



'In the immature bird brown is the prevailing colour, the 

 upper plumes being all broadly edged with it. The crown 

 and occiput, chesnut, without a crest, and the sides and fore 

 part of the neck yellowish white, marked on both with 

 lengthened dashes of brownish black; no elongated feathers 

 either there or upon the back.' Sir William Jardine. 



