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centres. The under part of the tail is ashy grey, the shafts 

 of the feathers being white. The under side of the wing and 

 the larger under wing-coverts are grey, edged with whitish 

 buff, the axillaries olive buff, and the smaller under wing- 

 coverts light whitish olive with dusky centres. The iris is 

 dark brown, the small feathers on the upper eyelid being- 

 blackish, while those on the lower are white, and the lores 

 ashy grey. The bill is bluish lead colour, and the tip of 

 both mandibles horn black. The palate is light lavender grey, 

 and the inside of the chin and the tongue fleshy buff. The 

 legs are of a light lead colour, the soles having a wash of olive, 

 and the claws dark grey. 



Adult Male in Autumn. — The colouring does not differ 

 very much from that of the spring, excepting that the back 

 and rump are more distinctly washed with olive. The chin is 

 whitish olive, and the abdomen has a distinct wash of light 

 yellowish buff. 



Adult Female in Spring. — The crown is of a dull umber 

 hue, and the sides of the head and the nape ashy grey. The 

 under parts are ashy white, washed, but not very conspicu- 

 ously, on the crop and upper sides of the breast with olive 

 ochre. This same colour extends down the flanks, becoming 

 slightly darker and richer towards the crissum, whereas the 

 centre of the abdomen is left ashy white. The under tail- 

 coverts are ashy white near the body, becoming olive ash 

 towards the tip. The upper part of the tail is ashy grey 

 washed with olive, and the under part ashy grey. The under 

 wing-coverts are whitish ash washed with light olive ochre, 

 and the under side of the flight-feathers grey, edged with 

 whitish ash. The feathers on the upper eyelid are the same 

 colour as those on the crown, those on the lower whitish grey. 

 Upper mandible is dark horn colour, lower lead blue slightly 

 darker at the tip. 



Nestling. — The crown is brownish buff. The upper parts 

 are olive grey, flight-feathers slate colour, wing-coverts and 

 innermost secondaries edged with olive grey. The throat is 



