6 HISTORY OF 



The old male bird has the wings, head, back, and breast, of a 

 dark lead colour ; the thighs, vent, and under tail coverts, deep 

 orange red ; cere, orbits of the eyes, and feet, of the same colour, 

 but of a lighter tint ; claws, black at the tips shaded into brown 

 at the bases ; bill, lead colour. The adult female has the head 

 ferruginous, with a black circle round the eyes ; back, tail, and 

 wings, lead coloured, but in the specimen in our collection, of 

 a much lighter colour than in the adult male, and barred with 

 black ; quills, lead coloured, tipped with black ; under the sur- 

 face of the quills and tail feathers, lead coloured, barred with 

 darker ; bill, cere, claws, and legs, of nearly the same colour 

 as in the male. 



