Description. — Adult male. Very similar to the adult male of II chloris, but with the 

 olive upper plumage darker, though tinged with yellow ; forehead hardly brighter than 

 the crown, but a distinct, though indefinitely marked, yellowish streak over the eye ; 

 lores brownish black ; chin, cheeks, auriculars, and throat clear golden-yellow, which 

 colour pervades the breast and belly, becoming very pale, almost white, on the 

 abdomen ; lower tail-coverts pale yellow. Wing-coverts with distinct whitish marks 

 of considerable size. 



Adult female. Very unlike the male above described. Streak over the eye and 

 under parts white, tinged with yellow ; sides of the body and flank-region greyish ; 

 upper parts olive-grey, showing whitish marks, which are much less distinct than in 

 the male. Bill and feet rather dark brown. " Soles flesh colour and orange ; iris dark 

 brown " {Rothschild). 



The male characterized above is not, however, the form usually found, even when 

 the birds are breeding. No doubt its colour is such as would be expected, judging 

 from the other species most nearly related to it; but the tints seem to be quite 

 abnormal, as both sexes are usually coloured much alike, though the male has more 

 distinct and rounder white wing-spots. 



Dimensions. — Total length about 5 inches, culmen about '6, wing 2*6— 2'8, tail 

 nearly 2, tarsus 8. 



