152 TIRECREST. 
faded; the bands on the sides of the head are less. obvious 
than in the male, and the whole plumage not so bright. 
In the young the base of the bill is horn-colour; the crest 
is pale lemon yellow, and indistinct; the forehead and head 
on the sides are cinereous, without any streaks; the upper 
plumage duller than in the adult, the lower tinged with 
yellow. 
The figure is from a design by the Rev. Richard Pye 
Alington. 
