%b KUPPELL S WARBLEE. 



small, and contracted at tlie sides, curved from the 

 middle, and hollowed out at the tip — in colour, horn 

 black, the lower mandible yellow; iris nut brown; 

 superciliary feathers white; the naked eyelids deep 

 cinnamon red; the feet strong and horn yellow. 



The male has the crown of the head velvet black, 

 which extends to the lore and under the eye; auricular 

 orifice grey; cheeks dark ash, with a white band or 

 moustache, which, from the angle of the mouth, extends 

 along the sides of the neck, and encloses the black 

 of the throat; the white of the under parts is delicately 

 tinged with rose-colour. 



The female has the top of the head, throat, and 

 breast, dark ash grey, and the white parts are not 

 tinged with rose. 



In the young the grey of the upper part of the 

 body is without spot, and duller, and throat is whitish. 



According to Temminck the black feathers of the 

 head and throat after moulting appear as white plumage, 

 which is by degrees rubbed oiF. 



The figures of this bird are by permission taken from 

 Mr. Gould's B. of E. The egg is from Thienemann. 



Figured also by Temminck and Lang, pi. color 245, 

 f. 1, (male.) 



