PYRRHULAUDA LEUCOTIS. 
Aves. — Plate XXVI. (Male, Female, and Young.) 
Mas. — P. capite, cervice, humeris, abdomine, crissoque nigris ; genis, fascia transversa pone nuchain, 
macula ad latus pectoris, laterum partibus posterioribus, uropygio, caudaeque tectricibus superioris 
albis ; dorso, alaruinquc tectricibus minoribus, et secundariis castaneis ; rcmigibus brunneis ; cauda, 
rectrice externa excepta, brunnea, quatuor rectricibus intermediis, apicibus marginibusque subrufis, 
externa rufo-alba bruuneo-umbrata. Rostro albo, brunneo-umbrato ; oculis brunneis ; pedibus 
carneis. 
Fern . — Supra brunnea, plumis pallid^ rufo marginatis ; humeris pallide castaneis albo marginatis ; gula, 
gutturo, pectorequc sordide albis, brunneo-punctatis ; abdomine nigro ; corporis lateribus, crissoque 
sordide albis, fusco-umbratis. 
Longitudo 5 unc. 
Loxia leucotis, Salt, Abyss. App. page lix. 
Fringilla otoleucus, Temm. PI. Col. 358, fig. 2 & 3. 
Colour. Male. — Head, neck, shoulders, breast and abdomen black ; ear 
coverts, a transverse bar on the back of the neck, a blotch on each side of the 
breast, the hinder portion of the flanks, the rump and the upper tail coverts 
white, the two latter tinged with wood-brown ; interscapulars, back, lesser 
wing coverts and the secondary quill coverts intermediate between chesnut 
and tile-red, several of the coverts tipt and edged with white. Primary quill 
coverts and the quill feathers intermediate between broccoli and umber-brown, 
the tertiaries and a few of the innermost secondaries tipt and edged with pale 
rufous. Tail, with the exception of the outermost feather of each side, 
umber-brown, the four middle feathers the lightest, and tipt and edged with 
pale rufous, the outermost feather rusty white clouded with brown, parti- 
cularly upon the inner vane. Bill white clouded with dusky ; eyes dark- 
brown ; legs and toes a flesh-colour shaded with brown. 
Form &c. Typical . Bill rather longer than that of P. Australis, more com- 
pressed towards the point and narrower at the base than in that of P. Ver- 
tiealis ■ culmen towards the base but lightly curved, towards the tip much 
arched • head rather small ; wings when folded reach to the last third of the 
tail ; quill feathers nearly as described in P. Australis. Tail but very slightly 
forked Tarsus robust ; toes short and stout, the outermost and innermost 
of equal length, and scarcely longer than the hinder one, the middle toe 
