1(',4 PIIKJ.^AXTS FOE 'OVKHTS AND AVIATilES. 



tlip outer e<lg('s. The tail is dull greenish-yellow, variegated 

 with yellowish-grey, the feathei's with nai-row transverse 

 bars of black, a broad longitudinal band of dull red on each 

 side, the loose margins red, glossed with green and pui'ple. 

 On the abdomen and legs the feathers are dull greyish- 

 bi'own ; under the tail variegated with reddish. 'J'he lower 

 surfaci' of the wing is yellowish-grey. 



" [jength to end of tail o\ inches ; extent of wings .32 ; 

 wing from flexure 10; tail IHl; bill along tln^ l)ack l-j'L, 

 along the edge of uppei- nni.ndible IfV 5 tarsus o-fvr; first 

 toe j^, its i-hiw -J-,- -J second toe 1--,V, its claw I'v ; third 

 toe 2^, its claw ^\ ; fourth toe Ij.j, its claw 4.\ twelfths. 



" Of three other individuals, the length -V!4, 33, •!(.') inches. 



" Temale. — The female is similar in form to the male, but 

 with the tail nnich sliorter. The bill and feet ri'qnire no 

 particulai' description. Th(? anterior scntella of the tarsus 

 are aVjout seventeen in each row; the first tije has live, the 

 second fifteen, the third twenty-two, the fourth eighteen. As 

 in the male, there is a bare space under the eye, but scarcelv 

 pa])illai', and more feathered. ^J^he feathers (if the njijier part 

 of the head are somewhat elongated ; those' of the rest of the 

 head short; of the neck and body oblong and i-ounded ; of 

 the rmnp not ehuigated as in the male. 



" The gencra,l colour of the u])per parts is greyish-yellow 

 variegated with black and yellowish-brown ; the top of the- 

 hcad and the hmd-neck tinged with red. 'J'lie wino'-coverts 

 are lighter; the i[uills ])ale greyish-brown, nioltled \\ith 

 greyish-yellow, as in the male. The tail is yellowi&h-gre\-, 

 niiuutely mottled with black, and having, in place of transverse 

 bars, oblique irregular spots of black, centi'ed with a ]ialo 

 yellow line. The lower parts are lighter and h^ss mottled, 

 the thi-oat whitish and without sjiots. The inll is horn- 

 c-oloured, tinged with green ; the tarsi wood-brown, the toes 

 darker, the claws of the same tint. 



" hength 2() inches; extent of wings oO ; winy- from 

 tle.xure !Ji ; t.ail 111; bill along the back \\ ; tarsus ■J.' ; tirst 



