hind-neck whitish with dusky margins, followed by a patch of black across the lower hind-neck ; lores and 
base of forehead huffy whitish; cheeks reddish brown, like the sides of the face; chin and sides of throat 
light reddish, with the centre and lower part of throat black ; remainder of under surface of body whity 
brown, uniform on the abdomen ; the breast and sides of the body spotted with blackish-brown margins to 
the feathers ; the thighs and under tail-coverts reddish brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries like the 
breast, and barred across with dusky brown ; quills brown below, light reddish along the inner web : “ bill 
and feet black; iris brown” (J. Gould ). Total length 105 inches, culmen T15, wing 5*35, tail 4'5, 
tarsus T5. 
The figures in the Plate represent an adult male and female of the size of life, from specimens in the 
British Museum. The descriptions are taken from the same birds. 
BOWER OF THE REGENT BIRD. 
From a photograph sent by A. J. Campbell, Esq, 
