354 SYLVIADA. 
few yards of it this bird is readily distinguished by the 
white mark above the eyes.” 
The beak is black, and rather stouter at the base than 
that of the Gold Crest; the irides hazel; on the cheek 
above the eye, and also below it, a greyish white streak ; 
at the base of the crest on each side a black streak; from 
the angle of the beak to the eye, and over the ear-coverts, 
a second black streak ; and from the lower mandible, 
passing downwards and backwards, a third black streak, 
producing three dark lines contrasted with the two light- 
coloured lines on the sides of the head, and hence the 
French name “ triple bandeau ;” the forehead greyish 
white, tinged with red; the crest large, and of a much 
more vivid reddish colour than that of the same parts in 
the Gold Crest; the nape, back, and upper tail-coverts, 
olive-green, but with less of the brown and more of the 
yellow than in the other species, particularly on the sides 
of the neck; great coverts of the primaries tipped with 
white ; base of the secondaries black; wing and _ tail- 
feathers brownish black, edged with green; the tail- 
feathers longer than those of the Gold Crest; all the 
under parts greyish white; legs, toes, and claws, brown. 
Whole length near four inches. From the carpus to the 
end of the primaries, two inches; the first quill very short; 
the second shorter than the third; the fourth and fifth 
nearly equal, and the longest in the wing. 
The young of the year are stated by Mr. Jenyns, “ to 
be distinguished from those of the last species by the 
longer and broader bill; cheeks cmereous, without any ap- 
pearance cf the longitudinal streaks ; crest of a pale lemon 
yellow, scarcely developed; forehead and sides of the neck, 
cinereous ; upper parts not so bright as in the adult ; 
under parts cinereous, tinged with yellow. 
