214 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 



DESCRIPTION 



Of a male, killed at Cumberland House, lat. 54°, May 2G, 1827. 



Colour. — Upper aspect of the head and nape pearl-grey ; back (the anterior part), pitch- 

 black ; centres of the posterior feathers the same, their margins greenish-yellow. Rump 

 crossed by a broad band of gamboge-yellow ; tail coverts pitch-black ; lesser wing coverts and 

 scapularies black, the former broadly bordered with pearl-grey, the latter with pearl-grey and 

 yellow ; quills and primary coverts blackish-brown, their outer webs narrowly edged with 

 grey ; the tertiaries and greater secondary coverts broadly edged with white, and the adjoining 

 row of lesser coverts tipped with the same, forming together a large white patch, streaked 

 or spotted with black. Tail black ; inner webs of all the lateral feathers (midway) white 

 for half an inch ; the exterior webs slightly bordered with grey. Under surface. — A narrow 

 velvet-black streak runs round the base of the upper mandible, and, passing backwards, 

 includes the lores, eyelids, and cheeks : this is separated from the grey of the crown by a 

 narrow white line above the orbit. Throat and belly bright gamboge-yellow, with black spots 

 on the breast and flanks, and crowded into a band across the base of the neck. Inner wing 

 coverts and under tail coverts white. Bill and legs dark umber-brown. 



Form, &c. — Wings shorter, with webs proportionably broader than those of S. coronata ; 

 the first quill is half a line shorter than the second, third, and fourth. Tail rather long, 

 and moderately rounded, the exterior feathers being about a line shorter than the others. 

 In some specimens, the central pair are a little shorter than the adjoining ones. 



Our specimens, three in number, agree exactly Avith each other in size and plumage ; but 

 the sex of one only, which was a male, is known. The dress of the female has not been 

 ascertained. 



Inches. 

 Length from the tip of the bill to the end 



of the tail 5 



,, of the tail . . ... 2 



„ of the folded wing . . .2 



,, of the bill on its ridge . . 



„ of the bill from the angle of the mouth 



Dimensions 







Of the male. 

 jines. 



Inches. 



Lines 



Length of the tarsus 

 „ of the middle toe 

 2 „ of its claw . 

 5 „ of the hind toe 

 4 „ of its claw . 



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8 

 5 

 2 

 3 



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