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Sp. 1. Ph. flavirostris. Vieil. Analyse, SfC. p. 68. (8.) Temm. 



PI. Col. 1 18. — Phibalura cristata. Swain. Zool. Illust.pl. 31. 

 Ph. supra nigro rufoque varia, vertice, remigibus rectricibusque 



nigris ; occipite gulaque ritfis ; collo postice, pectorcque nigro 



et alboj ventre superne albo nigroque macidato. 

 Phibalura above varied with black and rufous, with the crown, 



quills, and tail-feathers black ; the occiput and throat rufous ; 



the neck behind and breast black and white ; the upper belij r 



spotted with black and white. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length eight inches : the head 

 is crested, the feathers of which the crest is composed 

 diverging from the centre, and falling over the sides 

 and towards the occiput ; they are of a fine chesnut- 

 red at their base, and tipped with deep polished steel- 

 black ; which colour also adorns the forehead, lores, 

 cheeks, and ears : the throat is pure white : the breast, 

 nape, fore part, and sides of the neck, are whitish, 

 transversely banded with yellowish : the feathers of 

 the back and rump are black tipped with yellow : 

 scapulars the same : wings and tail glossy black, with 

 the edges of the inner webs of all the feathers spotted 

 with white, and the scapulars nearest the body with 

 ashy: all the under parts and under wing-coverts 

 are yellowish-white with a spot of bright yellow at 

 the tip of each feather : beak and legs yellow. The 

 young have the top of the head and the nape ashy, 

 with slight indications of red at the base of the fea- 

 thers, which are short and not divergent as in the 

 adult : the upper parts of the body are tinged with 

 greenish, with black spots, and the tips of the feathers 

 yellowish : the throat is yellow, marked with black 

 spots at the tip of the feathers : the neck and breast 

 are marked with white, black, and ash-colour : the 



