P LAT Y RH YN CK'U 1 CAPJLN SJS , A. Mal e .B. Female .
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A ves.—P late XXVII. (M ale and F emale.)
Mas.—Pl. capite supra nigro; cervice doraoque flavo-brunueis, fusco-strigatis; subtus sordid^ albus, parce
fuspo-strigatus; capistro, spatiisque ante oculos pallide da vis; alarum tectricibus minoribus, remigium
tectricibus, remigibusque griseo-brumieis, quibusdam subflavo-marginatis, lineas obliquas duos
versus basin alarum formantibus; rectrieibus griseo-brunneis pallid^ fiavo-brunneo marginatis.
Mandibuld superiore olivaceo-brunnea, inferiore subfiava, ambobus argenteo-nitentibus ; pedibus,
unguibusque viride-flavis.
Fem.—Capite sordid^ griseo, fusco-strigato, aliter ut in mare.
Longitudo corporis cum capite 3 unc. 5 lin.; caudre 2 unc. 5 lin.
C olour.—Space between eye and bill straw-yellow; upper part of head
black, with a few of the feathers at the base of the bill narrowly edged with
white. The back and sides of the neck, the interscapulars, the scapulars, the
back, and the rump, intermediate between yellowish brown and oil-green,
each feather with an oblong, umber-brown stripe along its centre—the feathers
of the neck are dusky grey towards their bases, those of the back pure white.
Chin, throat, breast and belly dirty white and variegated with narrow, longitudinal,
greyish brown streaks; the sides of the breast and the vent are
faintly tinted here and there with ochre-yellow. Lesser wing-coverts, primary
and secondary quill-coverts, quill feathers and tail dark greyish brown ; several
of the lesser coverts and the secondary quill-coverts are broadly tipt with
dull sienna-yellow, and in this way are formed two oblique stripes of that
colour towards the anterior portion of each wing ;—each of the first-named
feathers which is so tipt has also a longitudinal umber-brown stripe in the
course of the shaft;—the secondary wing coverts, together with the tertiary
quill feathers and a few of the innermost of the secondary quill coverts are
margined externally with pale yellowish brown, and as well as the remaining
quill feathers internally with white, most distinctly towards their bases. Tail
feathers faintly edged with light olive-brown, the colour most palpable upon
the outer vanes. Upper mandible dark olive-brown, lower, pale straw yellow,
and both are glossed with a silvery lustre. Feet and claws greenish yellow.
F orm.—Figure robust; feathers lax and silky. Head large and broad ;
bill much depressed, very wide at the base and narrow at the tip, the