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bright brownish-red ; the lower part of the back light red tinged with 

 yellow. Primaries dusky, externally margined with blue ; secondaries 

 irregularly barred with light red. Tail greyish-blue, excepting the mid- 

 dle feathers, which are dull greyish-yellow, sprinkled with black. Sides 

 of the neck spotted with white. Under parts white, streaked with brown- 

 ish-red, transversely and undulatingly barred with black. Sides and un- 

 der tail-coverts reddish. 



Length 10 inches, extent of wings 15 ; bill along the back ^, along 

 the gap /^ ; tarsus I, middle toe nearly the same. 



Young Male. Plate LXXVI. Fig. 2,2. 



Similar to the adult male in the general distribution of the colours ; 

 but the white of the head and throat bright reddish-yellow, the black of 

 the fore-neck and sides of the head deep brown, the under parts less pure 

 and more dusky, and the tail of a duller grey. 



Adult Female. Plate LXXVI. Fig. 3, 3, 3. 



The female resembles the young male, but is more decidedly colour- 

 ed, the bill darker, the head of a more uniform and richer reddish-yel- 

 low, the sides of the neck spotted with yellow and black. 



Length 9^ inches, extent of wings 14. 



Young Female. Plate LXXVI. Fig. 4, 4. 4. 



The young females are somewhat smaller and lighter in their tints 

 than the yonng males. 



Very Young Birds. Plate LXXVI. Fig. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5. 



Bill brownish-yellow. Iris light hazel. The general colour of the 

 upper parts light yellowish-brown, patched with grey ; sides of the head 

 dusky. 



