PYRENESTES FRONTALIS. — Swainson. 
Aves. — Plates LXI. and LXII. 
Avis adulta. P. fronte alba ; capite, cervice pectoreque antice aurantio-brunneis ; dorso, alis, caudaque 
nigro-brunneis ; rectricibus ad basin albis, speculum album formantibus ; pectore postice abdomineque 
brunneo-griseis ; rostro ad basin nigro-brunneo, antice flavo-griseo, suboclireo-umbrato ; oculis 
brunneis ; pedibus brunneo-rubris. 
Longutudo ab apice rostri ad basin caudee 4 unc. 4 lin. ; caudse 3 unc. 
Avis jun. — Supra obscure aurantio-brunneus, plumis flavo- brunneis marginatis ; subtus albus, brunneo- 
strigatus ; rectricibus concoloribus ; rostro aurantio ad basin et apicem mgro-brunneo-maculato. 
Pyrrhula albifrons, Vigors. — Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. of London for 1830, p. 92. 
Pyrenestes frohtalis, Swains. — Lardner’s Cyclopaedia, Birds, vol. ii. page 277. 
Adult. — Plate LXI. 
Colour. — The feathers on each side of the base of the upper mandible white ; 
the rest of the head, the neck, the interscapulars and the anterior portion of 
the breast rusty orange-coloured brown, the interscapulars tinged and fading 
behind into black brown, which is the colour of the back and upper tail 
coverts. The lesser wing-coverts, the quill-coverts, the quill-feathers, and the 
tail blackish or umber-brown ; the wings with a white speculum formed by all 
the quill-feathers being white at their base. The posterior portion of the breast, 
the belly, and the under tail coverts dark brownish grey, obscurely tinted with 
orange-coloured brown. The base of the upper mandible and the under sur- 
face of the lower one livid blackish brown, the other portions dull yellowish 
grey, clouded with cream-yellow. Legs and toes brownish red. Eyes dark 
brown. 
Form, &c.— Bill large, powerful, and conical, the culmen entering deeply 
between the feathers of the forehead, broad and flattened superiorly, and 
gradually curved to the point ; the sides of the bill are compressed, its apex 
pointed, and the cutting margins of both mandibles slightly sinuated ; the 
lower mandible with a rounded angle close to the angle of the mouth. Wings 
rounded, and when folded they reach nearly to the commencement of the 
second half of the tail ; the fourth and fifth quill-feathers equal and longest, 
the third and sixth scarcely shorter, the second and sixth rather shorter, and 
the first about one-third of the length of the fifth, and narrow. Tail slightly 
rounded. Legs and toes robust, the tarsi distinctly scutellated in front; 
claws strong and much curved and pointed. 
