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ferior parts, change periodically from the same cause 

 as in the preceding species. 



The adult male has the upper part of the head, 

 neck, body, and upper tail feathers of a russet or red- 

 dish ash-colour ; throat, front of the neck and chest of 

 a bright yellow red; abdomen and under tail feathers 

 silvery white; the sides of the bird streaked with a 

 reddish light ash-colour; sides of the neck and chest 

 of a beautiful ash-colour; wing coverts like the back; 

 primaries of a brownish ash-colour; the secondaries 

 edged outside, and tipped with a greyish tint; the four 

 middle tail feathers and the extremity of lateral feathers 

 blackish; the last of a pure white in the rest of their 

 extent; beak and feet brown. 



Adult female. According to M. Temminck, it should 

 resemble the male, but Degland says it has the red of 

 the neck and of the chest less bright, and the other 

 colours lighter. 



Young birds. Upper parts ash-colour, inclining to 

 russet; inferior parts of a whitish ash-colour, shaded 

 with very light red on the neck and chest, and of a 

 whiter tint on the middle of the abdomen; under tail 

 feathers very white; cheeks, sides of the neck, and 

 chest, especially the sides, tinged with a light red; tail 

 nearly like that of the adult bird. Temminck adds 

 that there is a slight bluish tint above the ears, and 

 that the hairs at the base of the beak are very long. 



The figure of this bird is in winter plumage. 



Figured by Gould, "B. of E.," pi. 64. 



