420 WAXEN CHA^ITERER. Class IL 



are of a bright ruby color ; the cheeks tawny ; 

 the throat black, with a small bristly tuft in the 

 middle. The head, crest, and back are ash-co- 

 lored mixed with red : the rump of a fine cinere- 

 ous color; breast and belly, pale chesnut dashed 

 with a vinaceous cast ; the vent feathers bright 

 , bay ; the lower part of the tail black, the end of 

 a rich yellow ; the lesser coverts of the wings 

 brown, the greater black tipt with white; the 

 quil feathers black, the three first tipt with 

 white ; the six next have half an inch of their 

 exterior margin edged with fine yellow, the in- 

 terior with white; but what distinguishes this 

 from all other birds are the horny appendages 

 from the tips of seven of the secondary feathers 

 of the color and gloss of the best red wax ; 

 some have one more or one less. The legs are 

 black. 



I think that the females want the yellow 

 marks in the wings. 



