166 BLUE-BILLED NUT CRACKER. 
parts are deep and uniform black, and so also is tie 
body and belly beneath ; tie chin, throat, breast, 
and flank?, are rich glossy scarlet. In the other 
bird, the parts which tve have just described as black 
are of a dark cinereous ; the crimson is not quite so 
bright or so full, and it tinges the front, ears, sides 
of the neck, and the upper tail-covers. The middle 
of the body is thickly spotted with small round 
white spots, chiefly upon a black ground ; these 
spots are thickest on the sides, and obscure on the 
belly ; feet in both, blackish. 
Size of the chaffinch ; total length about 5 1 ; 
bill, from the gape, ; wings, 2 | ; tail beyond, 
If ; from the base, 21 ; tarsus, yl. ' 
