

variis : vitta malari indistincta : subtus ornnino pallide rufescens, pectoris plumis ad apicem brunneis : 

 subcaudalibus rufescenti-brunneis, scapis albidis : rostro corneo, mandibula paullo pallidiore : pedibus 

 brunneis, vix flavicantibus. 



Pull, supra brunneus, capitis et dorsi plumis medialiter fulvo liueatis : dorso postico et uropygio brunneo 

 concolori : tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus, et eodem modo fulvo lineatis : remigibus brunneis, 

 extiis vix fulvescenti-brunneo lavatis : cauda nigricanti-bruunea : fronte lorisque fulvescentibus : facie 

 laterali saturate brunnea, plumis auricularibus anguste fulvo lineatis, genis posticis fulvescenti-albis, 

 brunneo variis : gutture albo, fulvo paullulum lavato, maculis minimis brunneis notato : pectore 

 superiore late fulvcscente, nigricanti-brunneo conspicue maculato : corpore reliquo subtus grisescente, 

 fulvo lavato, pectore inferiore brunneo angustius transfasciato : hypochondriis anguste medialiter fulvo 

 lineatis : rostro corneo, mandibula flavicante : pedibus flavicaiiti-brunneis. 



Nestling. Above dark brown, the feathers of the head, upper part of the back, scapulars, aud wing-covcrts 

 marked with a median line of golden-buff down the centre of each feather, which on the latter feathers 

 slightly widens towards the apex of the plume ; the lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 uniform dusky brown, washed with a slight shade of lighter brown ; quills dark brown, washed on 

 the outer web with a faint tinge of golden-brown ; tail blackish brown, the feathers narrowing to a 

 point at the tip; lores aud forehead inclining to buff; sides of the face brown; the ear-coverts longi- 

 tudinally streaked with a narrow line of fulvous white along the shaft; the hinder part of the cheeks 

 whitish, slightly tinged with buff and mottled with small spots of dark brown, which collect on the 

 lower part and form a kind of irregular moustache; throat white with a very slight fulvous tinge, and 

 marked with very small and irregular spots of brown; chest golden-buff, the tip of each feather being 

 brown, so as to give a very strongly mottled character to the whole of this part; the rest of the under 

 surface of the body grizzly brown, the centre of the abdomen clearer grey, the lower part of the breast 

 tinged with fulvous, and narrowly barred with indistinct lines of dark brown, the flanks marked with 

 narrow shaft-lines of buff; bill horny brown, the lower mandible yellowish; feet yellowish brown. 



Obs. The description of the above nestling bird is taken from a specimen lent to us by our friend Mr. 

 J. II. Gurney, jun. We have before us a bird said to be a female, which has been sent to Dresser by 

 Dr. Renard, from Russia. It is very similar to Mr. Gurney's bird, but is a little older, and the 

 markings are more pronounced. There is a decided shade of rufous on the forehead, and a distinct 

 malar stripe running down each side of the throat; on the breast the central stripe of fulvous running 

 along the shaft of the feather is much more distinct, the rest of the under surface of the body is rather 

 darker, and some blackish feathers are appearing ou the sides of the lower breast ; the throat is fulvous, 

 not white, and the chin is greyish; the bill dull horny brown, and the legs horny brown, not so 

 yellowish as in the nestling specimen. Although this specimen is marked a female, the presence of 

 the black feathers on the lower breast would seem to indicate that it is a male just commencing to 

 moult. At the same time it is very difficult to determine the difference of sex from colour alone; for 

 if these dark-coloured specimens are males, the red-coloured ones, such as we have figured in the Plate, 

 arc sometimes males also; for we have one moulting from the rufous into the black stage. We now 

 give a description of the full-grown young bird from a specimen in Dresser's collection, shot by 

 Mr. R. Paraman at West Drayton, in Middlesex, on the 20th of June 1869. 



Young {fully grown). Above brown, the feathers of the nape narrowly streaked down the middle with 

 fulvous, these central shaft-markings being broad and inclining to rufous on the head, back, scapulars, 

 and upper wing-coverts, much broader on the last-named parts and on the wing-coverts, and widening 



