96 SQTIACCO HEROtf. 



iris, bright yellow; forehead, yellowish brown, each feather 

 bordered with black. The feathers on the crown of the 

 head are pale yellowish brown, streaked longitudinally with 

 dark lines, the feathers becoming elongated towards the back 

 of the head, with a dark line along each outer edge. 'The 

 feathers forming the occipital plume are eight, or nine, (or 

 ten,) in number, and from four to six inches in length; 

 lanceolate, pointed, pure white along the centre, bounded on 

 each side with a blackish line, with a very narrow terminal 

 margin of white. The colour g, pale reddish brown in those 

 upon the surface, passing into a delicate buff-colour in those 

 underneath.' Neck on the sides and front downwards, rich 

 yellowish buff; chin, throat, and breast on the upper part, 

 pure white; below the latter is pale orange cream-colour. 

 Back above, pale orange cream-colour, lower down rich 

 yellowish buff, with a tinge of violet-colour, the feathers 

 elongated, the webs disunited, each filament having the 

 appearance of a single hair. These long" feathers reach to 

 the end of the wings when closed. 



The wings have the first and third quill feathers equal in 

 length, and only a very little shorter than the second, which 

 is the longest in the wing; the axillary plume pure white. 

 Primaries, secondaries, and some of the tertiaries, white; part 

 of the latter tinged with buff. Tail, pure white; tail coverts, 

 also white; legs, dusky yellowish brown, tinged with red; about 

 the joint, greenish yellow; toes, brown above, yellow underneath; 

 claws, black. 



The female resembles the male, but the crest is usually 

 not so long. 



In the young the upper bill is brown, tinged with dark 

 green; the under one yellowish green. The head is without 

 the occipital crest. The descending marks on the neck are 

 longer and broader, and the lighter ground-colour more 

 mixed with brown; throat, white; back, reddish brown, but 

 the dorsal plumes are wanting. Greater and lesser wing 

 coverts, of a brown colour, tinged with buff, with longitu- 

 dinal streaks of a darker hue. The primaries have the 

 exterior webs ash grey, and the interior ones white; tertiaries, 

 reddish brown at the ends; legs and toes, yellowish green. 



