MIRAFRA CHENIANA.— (Male.) 
Ayes. Plate LXXXIX. Fig. 1 
M. supra fusca, plumis rufo-albo-marginatis ; infra rufo-alba, gutturis irrio pootoreqne fusco notatis ; 
remigibus rubro-aurantio-marginatis; rectricibus duabus externis rufo-albis, fusco-variegatis ; rostro 
supra brunneo-rubro, subtus subiiavo ; pedibus subflavis carneo-tinctis. 
Longittjdo e rostri apice ad basin caudae 3 unc. 4f lin. ; caudae 1 unc. 11^ lin. 
Colour. — Male. — The upper surface of the head intermediate between 
liver and umber-brown, all the feathers edged with rufous white ; back and 
sides of neck dull umber-brown, each feather edged either with rusty white 
or wood-brown ; interscapulars, back, and rump umber-brown, the feathers 
edged and tipped with greyish white, tinted with pale reddish orange. Chin 
and throat white, speckled with umber-brown ; breast and flanks pale reddish 
orange, the former variegated with short umber-brown stripes ; middle of belly 
and vent cream-yellow ; under tail coverts white. The lesser wing coverts, 
the primary and secondary quill coverts, and the tertiary quill feathers 
umber-brown, edged and tipped with a colour intermediate between orpiment 
and reddish orange, the very tips of the feathers nearly pure white ; primary 
and secondary quill feathers intermediate between reddish and broccoli- 
brown, — the outer vanes of the primaries towards the base and the whole 
length of the secondary edged like the quill coverts, and all more or less 
completely tipped with white ; the inner edges of inner vanes towards base 
light cream-yellow. The two middle tail feathers the colour of the primary 
quill feathers, narrowly edged with rusty white, the three next on each side 
umber-brown, the outermost one distinctly edged with white ; the two outer- 
most of each side white, with more or less of the inner edges of inner vanes 
umber-brown. Eyebrows sienna-yellow ; ear coverts pale reddish orange, 
tinted with umber-brown. The upper mandible deep brownish red, lower 
mandible sienna-yellow. Legs, toes, and claws pale buff orange, tinged with 
flesh-red. 
