SYLVIADJE. 89 



In the adult male the beak is black; hides 

 blackish brown ; the head, neck, back and scapulars 

 dark lead-blue ; rump and tail-coverts orange-red ; 

 wing-coverts black, rather broadly margined with 

 the same colour as the back ; quills dusky, ter- 

 tials rather broadly margined on the outer web with 

 white, making a spot of that colour on the closed 

 wing; the two central tail-feathers reddish brown, 

 the rest orange-red, like the coverts ; a small space 

 immediately over the beak ; the cheeks to the eyes, 

 chin, throat and breast, black the feathers on the 

 throat and breast margined with grey ; flanks, belly 

 and vent darkish grey, shaded nearly to white at the 

 vent ; under tail-coverts white, tinged with orange- 

 red ; legs, toes and claws black. 



The female has the whole of the head, neck all 

 round, back, scapulars, breast and flanks dull smoky 

 brown ; wing-coverts and tertials dusky brown, mar- 

 gined with pale grey ; primary and secondary quills 

 dusky brown ; rump, tail- coverts and tail much the 

 same as in the male, but not so bright; the tips of 

 all the tail-feathers are reddish brown, like the two 

 centre feathers ; the under tail-coverts pale orange- 

 red. The young birds of the year resemble the 

 adult female. 



The eggs are white : Hewitson says that when 

 they are blown they are of a purer white than those 

 of any bird he has seen. 



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