iMIRAFRA CHENIANA.— (Male.) 



AvES. Plate LXXXIX. Fig. 2. 



JI. supra fusca, plumis rufo-albo-marginatis ; infra rufo-alba, gutturis inio poctoreqiie fusco notatis ; 

 remioibus rubro-aurantio-marginatis; rcctricibus duabus externis rufo-albis, fusco- variecratis ; rostro 

 supra brunneo-rubro, subtus subflavo ; pedibus subflavis canieo-tinctis. 



LoNGiTUDO e rostri apice ad basin caud;e 3 unc. l-^ lin. ; cauda; 1 unc. 11', lin. 



Colour. — Male. — The upper surface of the head intermediate between 

 liver and umber-brown, all the feathers edged with rufous white; back and 

 sides of neck dull umber-brown, each feather edged either with rusty white 

 or wood-brown ; interscapulars, back, and rump umber-brown, the feathers 

 edged and tipped with greyish white, tinted with pale reddish orange. Chin 

 and throat white, speckled with umber-brown ; breast and flanks pale reddish 

 orange, the former variegated with short umber-brown stripes ; middle of belly 

 and vent cream-yellow ; under tail coverts white. The lesser wing coverts, 

 the primary and secondary quill coverts, and the tertiary quill feathers 

 umber-brown, edged and tipped with a colour intermediate between orpiment 

 and reddish orange, the very tips of the feathers nearly pure white ; primary 

 and secondary quill feathers intermediate between reddish and broccoli- 

 brown, — the outer vanes of the primaries towards the base and the whole 

 length of the secondary edged like the c^uill coverts, and all more or less 

 completely tipped with white ; the inner edges of inner vanes towards base 

 light cream-yellow. The two middle tail feathers the colour of the primary 

 quill feathers, narrowly edged with rusty white, the three next on each side 

 umber-brown, the outermost one distinctly edged with white ; the two outer- 

 most of each side white, with more or less of the inner edges of inner vanes 

 umber-brown. Eyebrows sienna-yellow ; ear coverts pale reddish orange, 

 tinted with umber-brown. The upper mandible deep brownish red, lower 

 mandible sienna-yellow. Legs, toes, and claws pale buff orange, tinged with 

 flesh-red. 



