black, which colour also reaches from the nape to 
the bctjiiininj^ of the back t the sides of the neck, 
and upper parts of the sides arc white: the breast 
and abdomen orange, the colour gradually growing 
])aler as it approaches the legs, where it becomes 
wdiitish ; the back is blackish, the leatheis being 
slightly rufous on their edges: the scapulars are 
white, the smaller coverts black, with rufous-white 
tips : the great wing-feathers brown, the smaller 
blackish, the inner edges of both being white for 
lialf their length : the rump and vent are wliite: the 
twelve tail-feathers arc of erjual length, and black, 
except the outside ones, which are whitish on the 
inner edges : the legs and claws are black. The 
female is brown above, with the feathers slightly 
edged with rufous: on each wing is a white patch : 
the throat is of a dull white: the breast and abdo¬ 
men slightly rufous: wings and the tail similar to 
those of the male bird. 
