lo 34^* Lighttoot's Account of 



? The male and female have the fame coloured plumage, fo 

 that one defcription will ferve for botli. They differ a little in 

 fze, but their external appearance is the fame. They are both 

 larger than the Pettychaps defcrlbed by Willougiiby ; fmaller 

 than the JVhite-throat, and nearly of the fame frze with the 

 JViUow-wren ; but to be more particular. 



The cock-bird weighed, when jufl: killed, exa6lly feven 

 pennyweights and nine grains ; the hen fix pennyweights and 

 nine grains, or one pennyweight lefs. 



The males meafured, from tip to tip of the extended wings, 

 feven inches and a half; the female fix and three-quarters. 



From the end of the bill to the extremity of the tail, the, 

 cock meafured five inches and a half; the hen only five 

 inches. 



The bill in both meafured half an inch, which is longer 

 in proportion than in mofl: of this genus. The upper mandi- 

 ble is of a dark horn colour, (lightly incurved near the extre- 

 mity, with a minute indenture on either fide near the point ; 

 the lower is pale red or flefh- coloured, with a fhade of yellow ; 

 the infide of the mouth deep orange-coloured ; the tip of the 

 tongue cloven and ciliated ; thenofirils oval, and deftitute of a 

 briftly covering; but at the bafe of the upper mandible, on 

 either fide, near t4ie angle of the mouth, arife three fliort ^'/- 

 brid'cs pointing downwards, black at their fummits, white at 

 their bafes ; a circumfiance common to many others of this 

 genus. The /m of the eye is olive-brown; the pupil'black. 

 The ihort feathers of the orbits or eve-laflies are of a dirtv 

 white colour. From the corner of each eye to the nofiril is a 

 broad ftroke or band of tawny-white feathers, lying over each 

 other, and running narroweft towards the bill; this affords an 

 excellent mark to diftinguifli the fpecies. 



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