278 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Chrysophlegma. 
and wing-coverts blood-red; bastard-wing brown, spotted on 
the outer webs with buff; primary-coverts brown, externally 
margined with a redder tint; quills blackish brown, the 
outer webs of the primaries partially or entirely margined with 
blood-red and notched with buff, the inner webs spotted with 
the same; the secondaries having the outer webs blood-red, 
the inner webs notched and spotted with buff; shafts dark 
brown; rump and upper series of upper tail-coverts bright 
lemon-yellow, lower series of upper tail-coverts blackish 
brown, spotted with buff; tail and tail-shafts black; forehead, 
crown, and occipital crest blood-red inclining to pinky red, 
slightly dusky brown on the forehead; elongated nuchal crest 
yellow; lower hind neck green, barred with yellowish and 
spotted with blood-red; lores and side of the face rufous washed 
with red, the feathers having red tips; side of the neck clear 
bright red ; from the chin to the chest inclusive pale rufous, 
the latter spotted with blackish brown and buffy white; 
entire underparts pale buff, crossed by zigzag markings of 
blackish brown, these being narrower on the abdomen; 
under tail-coverts pale buff, barred with blackish brown ; 
under wing-coverts blackish brown, with large pale buff 
spots : “ legs and feet dirty green; lower mandible pale 
bluish; upper mandible horny black; eyelids dirty green ” 
( W. Davison). Total length 10-25 inches, culmen 11, wing 
4*8, tail 2*7, tarsus 0*9; toes (without claws)—outer anterior 
0*78, outer posterior 0*75, inner anterior 0‘55, inner pos¬ 
terior 0’4. 
Young male (May 13th). Differs from the* adult male in 
having the upper parts dusky green, the upper portion of 
the back without the irregular transverse yellow markings, 
the feathers having dull yellowish tips; the yellow on the 
rump and upper tail-coverts paler; the red on the wings less 
brilliant; the forehead and crown dusky brown, the feathers 
having dusky tips; the whole of the face, neck, and chest 
dull buffy brown, the face having faint dusky transverse 
markings, the sides of the neck and the chest having these 
dusky markings more pronounced, the chin and throat being 
uniform; occipital crest duller red, and the nuchal crest 
