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SU15-AL1'INE WAUHI.EH. 
three parts of their length, tlie two following only 
tipped with white; beak brown, reddish at the base 
below; iris yellow; legs and feet flesh-coloured. In 
autumn the upper parts arc gi’cy, more or less tinted 
with olive or russet; inferior parts of a less bright 
red, clearer on the flanks, and the abdomen winter. 
The female has the upper parts uniformly olive 
brown, with a tinge of bluish grey about the head and 
nape; the under parts much less red than in the 
male, but in my specimen the colour Avhich is a faintly 
reddish white, is more uniformly dispersed. 
The young before the first moult have the superior 
parts, according to Degland, (whose descriptions are in 
general most accurate,) of a reddish ash; the inferior 
parts reddisli, or a clear brown, with the middle of the 
abdomen white. Wings brown, all the coverts being 
broadly bordered with reddish; tail feathers brown, 
fringed with reddish ash, the external feather of each 
side bordered and terminated with whitish ash. In a 
young male bird sent me by M. Verreaux, the colours 
are very similar to, but fainter than those of the adult 
male; the abdomen is more mottled. In none of the 
specimens is the abdomen of a pure white. 
Figured by Tennninck and Laugier, pi. col. 251, f. 
2 and 3 , (male and female;) Foux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 
218, f. 1 and 2, (adults;) Gould, B. of E. 
My figures of this bird are from specimens sent me 
by M. Verreaux. 
