242 PASSERES. FRINGILLAD^E. 



terials drawn out as loosely as they could get it, and 

 filling their bills, started away to the tree, wherever 

 it was, in which they had determined to build their 

 nest." 



TICHICRO.* 



Grass Pink, or Savanna bird. ROB. 

 Coturniculm tixicrus. MIHI. 



INTERMEDIATE between C. Henslowi and C. pas- 

 serinus, the Tichicro differs from the former in 

 its unspotted breast, its nearly even tail, the second- 

 aries considerably short of the primaries, the bill 

 arched, the deep colour of the head and the coronal 

 streak. From the latter, by the tail feathers being 

 acute, by the third and fourth quills being longest, 

 and by having more chestnut on the wings. In the 

 admeasurements it differs from both. 



This modest little bird is not common, except in 



* Length 5 inches, expanse 7f, flexure 2-^, tail 1-^, rictus ^, tar- 

 sus JL, middle toe ^, hind toe ^f , (including claw ^-). Irides hazel ; feet 

 flesh-colour, beak greyish, culmen deep brown. Crown deep bistre, witli 

 a central white stripe reaching to the nape. Feathers of back, rump, 

 wing and tail coverts, with black disks, chestnut tips, and narrow white 

 edges. Quills dusky, with the outer edge whitish, third and fourth 

 longest ; secondaries reaching to within ^ inch of primaries : edge ol 

 shoulder brilliant yellow. Tail feathers narrow, acute, nearly even : 

 brown, with the medial portion black. A yellow band over the eye 

 Under parts white, tinged with umber on throat, breast, and sides, bul 

 unspotted. 



