34 FRINGILLIDj;. 



tail-coverts dark at the base, with greyish white ends ; 

 legs, toes, and claws, dark brown. 



The male in his second plumage has the beak, neck, 

 back, rump, and under surface of the body, crimson red; 

 the base of each feather dark grey : the quill and tail fea- 

 thers darker than in the younger bird, or than in either of 

 the other species, and almost uniform black ; the tertials 

 only being tipped with white. 



A male described by the Prince of Musignano, and be- 

 lieved to be older than the preceding bird, had a light buff 

 orange tinge where the other was crimson ; the wings and 

 tail of a still deeper black. 



The female at first like the young bird, but afterwards 

 loses the striated appearance on the under surface, and 

 attains a lemon yellow colour on the rump, and over a 

 portion of the breast. 



Whole length about six inches. From the carpal joint 

 to the end of the wing, three inches and three-eighths : 

 the first three primaries very nearly of equal length, and 

 the longest in the wing ; the fourth feather shorter than 

 the third, but much longer than the fifth. 



