BRITISH SONG-BIRDS. 19^ 



covered with short hairy feathers, — eyes umber- 

 bro^vn ; there is a small space above and below the 

 eyes, of a tint between pale wood-brown and pale 

 reddish-orange, — throat and fore part of the neck 

 the same tawny tint, faintly marked with spots of 

 a deeper shade of the same colom*, — ^breast and 

 sides pale dingy wood-brown, — lower parts pale 

 greyish-white, — ^liind parts of the neck and sides 

 dingy yellowish-white, spotted with umber-brown, 

 — the back, \\dngs, and tail, umber-brown ; deep- 

 est on the back and tail, — feathers of the back 

 edged with pale wood-brown, — ^greater wing-co- 

 verts tipped mth dull white ; primary quills 

 slightly edged with pale wood-brown ; sec^jidary 

 quills edged with yellowish-white, — tail, somewhat 

 forked, — outer edges of the outer feathers of it mar- 

 gined slightly with white, passing into dingy white; 

 towards the end, — the lower part of the back or 

 rump is of a beautiful pale lake-red, inclining to 

 peach-blossom red, — ^feathers behind the legs, yel- 

 lowish-white, with a streak of bro^vnish-black 

 down the middle of the centre feather, — legs and 

 feet hair-brown. 



The female wants the red on the lower part of 

 the back. 



