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and tail covers, is either brimstone-yellow or yel- 
lowish-white, so as to give the appearance of irre- 
gular stripes ; most of these feathers, also, are black 
close to the yellow portion. The feathers of the 
crown and hind head are black tipt with red ; the 
ears, sides of the head, and the front, are entirely 
red ; the sides of the neck are white, the feathers 
■with black edgings. The ground colour of the chin 
and throat is whitish, which gradually becomes 
brimstone yellow; the red spots are thick on the 
chin, and then begin to he more remote on the breast 
and middle of the body ; in all which parts they 
occupy only the outer half of each feather. The 
wings and tail are dark brown ; the lesser covers 
have some white edgings ; the lesser quills are edged 
with a line of yellow, and so are the tail-feathers ; 
hill and feet dark ; the former has two distinct but 
unequal notches. 
So much confusion has been introduced into this 
genus in the Systema Avium , either by the unne- 
cessary changing of names, or by uniting different 
species under one, that we do not consider this part 
of the work as of any authority. 
Total length, 6i inches ; bill, from the gape, T 9 C ; 
wings, 3 ; tail, from the base, 2 ; tarsus, T 7 a . 
