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PARID.E, 
are curiously mingled ; tlie cheeks and circle round the crown 
are yellow, mottled with new Avhite feathers; the top of the 
head, which in the nestling is greenish smoke colour, is be¬ 
ginning to be speckled with the bright blue feathers that dis¬ 
tinguish that part in the adult; the dark eyestreak and collar 
are smoke colour, and the beak dark horn, edged with white. 
The young male at this period has but a very slight indica¬ 
tion of the dark band down the body, and in the young 
female it is entirely wanting. 
The egg of this species is figured 77 in the Plate. 
