on the under wing- and tail-coverts, which are uniform ; the breast, flanks, and thighs obscurely 
washed with green, some of the spots on the lower flanks being green also. Total length 10 inches, 
culmen 1, wing 4*85, tail 3 5 , tarsus T35. 
Count Salvador! states that the females are smaller than the males. The crown of the head is 
uniform brownish olive, but in some individuals it inclines more or less to olive or to brown. Young 
birds have the head of an olive-brown colour, more or less clear in tint. 
The figure represents a specimen formerly in the Gould collection, and now in the British Museum. 
It is of about the natural size. 
