1. M IR A .FR K A FR IC A N A..
2. M IR A F R A . A F IC A N O ID F S .
( Ave s __Plate 88.)
A yes.—-P late LXXXVIII. F ig . 1.
M. supri fusca; capitis ceivicisque plumis rubro-auranfib,' dorsi plumis soidide albo griseove mai-
; ginatis: gala gutturequc albis; pectore paUide lubro-aurantio, maculis fuscis variegato; ventre
subfiavo rabro-aurantio-tincto; remigibas primariis secondariisqae versus basin rnbro-anrantio-
maTginatis; rostio flavo-brunneo, castanco-umbrato; pedibas sabflavis, oameo-tinctis.
LoSgutudo e rostri apibe ad basin caudas 5 anc. 2 fin .; «and» S niic. i fin.
C olour.— The upper surface of the head streaked liver-brown and clear
reddish orange, the edges of the feathers, particularly of those towards the
nape, being of the latter colour; hack and sides of neck umber-brown, with
the edges of each feather either reddish orange or sienna-yellow. Back
liver-brown, the feathers edged broadly and tipped narrowly either with rusty
white or rusty grey,—the latter most abundant and distinct on the rump and
upper-tail coverts. Chin and commencement of throat white; middle of
throat and sides of neck immediately behind ear-coverts white, mottled with
small, triangular, umber-brown spots. Breast anteriorly sienna-yellow, posteriorly
light reddish orange, and each feather is marked, in the course of
the shaft, with a narrow liver-brown stripe which expands towards the point
of the feather into an angular spot. Belly sienna-yellow, tinted with reddish
orange; the under tail coverts cream-yellow. The lesser wing coverts are
reddish orange towards the edges, greyish brown along the shaft; the
primary quill coverts intermediate between orpiment and reddish orange, and
each is marked with a liver-brown line following the course of the shaft;
the outer vanes of the secondary quill feathers are brownish grey edged with
rusty white, the inner vanes towards the shaft liver-brown, elsewhere colored
like the primary quill coverts. Primary quill feathers towards base reddish
orange, shaded with deep reddish orange, towards points intermediate
between broccoli and umber-brown ; secondaries coloured like the primaries,
and towards and at the tip edged with rusty white ; tertiary quill feathers