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regione auriculari brunnea, cinerascenti lavata : corpore subtus citrino, pectore superiore paullo rufes- 

 eente, gula indistincte, pectore et hypochondriis distinctius brunneo striolatis. 



Adult Male. General colour deep chestnut, the centre of the back distinguished by black markings in the 

 middle of the feather, and here and there a fulvous margin to the plumage ; forehead, sides of the face, 

 and upper part of the throat jet-black; least wing-coverts greyish black, the median coverts white, 

 forming a most conspicuous alar bar, and the greater coverts dark brown tinged with rufous, edged 

 with fulvous, and tipped with whitish, forming a second alar bar, but not a very distinct one ; primary- 

 coverts brown, tinged with grey ; quills brown, the secondaries strongly washed with rufous, and all the 

 feathers edged with fulvous ; tail-feathers brown, the feathers margined with fulvous, the outer one 

 almost entirely white, excepting a small greyish-brown mark towards the tip of the outer web, the 

 second feather also marked with white towards the tip ; under surface of the body bright citron-yellow, 

 the upper part of the chest crossed by a band of rich chestnut, which colour extends on to the sides of 

 the neck ; the flanks thickly marked with longitudinal stripes ; thighs and under tail-coverts whitish, 

 the latter dashed with yellow ; under wing-coverts white ; upper mandible horn-brown, lower mandible 

 brownish flesh-colour; legs also of a brownish flesh-colour; iris brown. Total length 5 - 5 inches, 

 culmen 045, wing 31, tail 22, tarsus 075. 



Another male, in Messrs. Salvin and Godman's collection, is apparently not quite so adult, as, though coloured 

 like the last, it has the upper tail-coverts plain brown, not chestnut, and a dash of fulvous brown on the 

 lower part of the black throat-spot. 



Another male in our own collection is less adult still, and has the colours distributed as in the old bird, but 

 everywhere paler ; the back is pale brown, the median stripes to the feathers very distinct, and very 

 little tinged with chestnut ; the white bars on the wings are not nearly so distinct ; and the pectoral 

 band across the chest is scarcely indicated by a few dull brown marks on the feathers. 



Female. Greyish brown, like a hen Sparrow, above, with black centres to the feathers of the middle of the 

 back ; hinder part of the neck clear greyish brown, unmottled ; sides of the head dark brown, and a 

 central stripe greyish brown; lores and a broad eyebrow fulvous white; cheeks fulvous white, with an 

 indistinct moustachial stripe of brown ; ear-coverts darker brown ; rump inclining to rufous ; upper 

 tail-coverts and upper wing-coverts greyish brown ; median and greater coverts dark brown, edged with 

 fulvous, slightly tinged with rufous and tipped with white, forming two narrow alar bars ; quills and 

 tail greyish brown, very narrowly edged with fulvous, the two outermost rectrices white for the greater 

 part of their extent ; underpart of the body pale citron-yellow, slightly tinged with ochre on the upper 

 breast; the flanks thickly marked with longitudinal stripes of brown; under wing- and tail-coverts 

 whitish. Total length 5 - inches, culmen 0"45, wing 2"85, tail 2 - l, tarsus - 75. 



A female example in Messrs. Salvin and Godman's collection differs in having a white throat, and being of 

 a brighter yellow underneath ; the flanks, however, are more narrowly striped than in the one above 

 described. 



Female Nestling. Clear brown inclining to ochre, the fulvous edgings to the back feathers very distinct, as 

 are also the median stripes. All the markings of the adult female are distinctly indicated in this bird ; 

 but the whole plumage more inclines to ochre; the two bars on the wing are not white, but fulvous 

 brown ; the under surface of the body is ochre-yellow, brighter and inclining to citron in the centre of 

 the breast, the upper part of which is tinged with brown and thickly striped with the latter colour ; the 

 flanks also are narrowly striped with brown. 



