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streak of bright lemon-yellow over the eye and ear- 

 coverts; ear-coverts themselves olive-green, with 

 very narrow streaks of dusky; beneath this a patch 

 of lemon-yellow, and beneath that again a patch of 

 olive-green, with narrow streaks of dusk}' 1 ; sides of 

 the neck olive-green ; feathers of the back and scapu- 

 lars reddish rusty, with narrow streaks of dusky in 

 the centre and a narrow light margin; rump and 

 tail-coverts dull olive-green, with narrow dark centres 

 to the feathers ; lesser wing-coverts olive-green, with 

 dark centres; greater wing-coverts dusky in the 

 centres, broadly margined with dull rusty red ; 

 primary and secondary quills dusky, narrowly edged 

 with yellow ; tertials dusky, broadly margined with 

 rusty red ; tail dusky, the two centre feathers rather 

 broadly margined with olive-brown, and the two 

 outer feathers on each side with a broad patch of 

 white on the inner web ; throat black, beneath that 

 a bright lemon-yellow crescent ; breast olive-green, 

 behind which, especially on the sides, are some rusty 

 red feathers, with light yellowish margins ; all the 

 under parts lemon-yellow, lightest in the under tail- 

 coverts and streaked with dusky on the flanks ; legs, 

 toes and claws light brown. After the autumnal 

 moult the black feathers on the throat have light 

 margins, a few of which are still left on my speci- 

 mens killed in March. The female has the head 

 olive-green, with broader dusky streaks than the 

 male ; the rest of the upper parts nearly the same, 



