A ves.—P lates L X I . and L X I I .
Avis adulta.—P. fronte albâ ; capite, cervice pectoreque antice aurantio-brunneis ; d,orso, alis, caudaque
nigro-brunneis ; rectricibus ad basin albis, speculum album formantibus ; pectore postice abdomineque
brunneo-griseis ; rostro ad basin nigro-brunneo, antice flavo-griseo, subochreo-umbrato ; oculis
bruxmeis ; pedibus brunneo-rubris.
Longitudo ab» apice rostri ad basin caudoe 4 une. 4 lin. ; caudæ 3 une.
Avis jun.—Supra obscure aurantio-brunneus, plumis flavo-brunneis marginatis ; subtus albus, brunneo-
-strigatus ; rectricibus concoloribus ; rostro aurantio ad basin et apieem nigro-brunneo-maculato.
P yrrhttla albifrons, Vigors.—Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. of London for 1830, p. 92.
Pyrenestes frontalis, Swains.—Lardner’s Cyclopædia, Birds, vol. ii. page 277.
A dult.;—P late LXI.
C olour.—The feathers on each side of the base of the upper mandible white;
the rest of the head, the neck, the interscapulars and the anterior portion of
the breast rusty orange-coloured brown, the interscapulars tinged and fading
behind into black brown, which is the colour of the back and upper tail
coverts. The lesser wing-coverts, the quill-coverts, the quill-feathers, and the
tail blackish or umber-brown ; the wings with a white speculum formed by all
the quill-feathers being white at their base. The posterior portion of the breast,
the belly, and the under tail coverts dark brownish grey, obscurely tinted with
orange-coloured brown. The base of the upper mandible and the under surface
of the lower one livid blackish brown, the other portions dull yellowish
grey, clouded with cream-yellow. Legs and toes brownish red. Eyes dark
brown.
F orm, &c.—Bill large, powerful, and conical, the culmen entering deeply
between the feathers of the forehead, broad and flattened superiorly, and
gradually curved to the point; the sides of the bill are compressed, its apex
pointed, and the cutting margins, of both mandibles slightly sinuated; the
lower mandible with a rounded angle close to the angle of the mouth. Wings
rounded, and when folded they reach nearly to the commencement of the
second half of the tail; the fourth and fifth quill-feathers equal and longest,
the third and sixth scarcely shorter, the second and sixth rather shorter, and
the first about one-third of the length of the fifth, and narrow. Tail slightly
rounded. Legs and toes robust, the tarsi distinctly scutellated in front;
claws strong and much curved and pointed.