PE ATE OX 
brown bands on the breaft inftead of longitudinal {pots ; and another 
variety from Germany, with the plumage darker than ufual and 
black irides. Frifch has a figure of this bird with irides of a dark 
blue colour. The length of this fpecies is eight inches. Albin’s 
‘figure is quoted in the Synonyms, but it is much more flender in 
jts form than our f{pecimen. 

PLATE 
