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PYRRHULAUDA LEUCOTIS.
A vf.s. - ‘P i.atk XXVI. (M a le , F emale, and Y ou ng.)
Mas.—P. capite, cervice, liumeris, abdomine, crissoque nigris; genis, fascia transversa pone nuchani,
macula ad latus pectoris, laterum partibus posterioribus, uropygio, caudseque tectricibus superioris
albis; dorso, alarumque tectricibus minoribus, et secundariis castaneis; remigibus brunneis; cauda,
rectrice externa except^, brunned, quatuor rectricibus intermediis, apicibus marginibusque subrufis,
extern^ rufo-alba brunneo-umbrata. Rostro albo, brunneo-umbrato; oculis brunneis; pedibus
carneis.
Fern.—Supra brunnea, plumis pallid^ rufo marginatis; humeris pallide castaneis' albo marginatis; gula,
gutture, pectoreque sordide albis, brunneo-punctatis; abdomine nigro; corporis lateribus, crissoque
sordid^ albis, fusco-umbratis.
L ongitudo 5 unc.
Loxia leucotis, Salt, Abyss. App. page lix.
F bingilla otoleucus, Temm. PL Col. 358, fig. 2 & 3.
Colour. Male.—Head, neck, shoulders, breast and abdomen black ; ear
coverts, a transverse bar on the back of the neck, a blotch on each side of the
breast, the hinder portion of the flanks, the rump and the upper tail coverts
white, the two latter tinged with wood-brown ; interscapulars, back, lesser
wing coverts and the secondary quill coverts intermediate between chesnut
and tile-red, several of the coverts tipt and edged with white. Primary quill
coverts and the quill feathers intermediate between broccoli and umber-brown,
the tertiaries and a few of the innermost secondaries tipt and edged with pale
rufous. Tail, with the exception of the outermost feather of each side,
umber-brown, the four middle feathers the lightest, and tipt and edged with
pale rufous, the outermost feather rusty white clouded with brown, particularly
upon the inner vane. Bill white clouded with dusky ; eyes dark-
brown ; legs and toes a flesh-colour shaded with brown.
F orm, &c.—Typical. Bill rather longer than that of P. Australis, more compressed
towards the point and narrower at the base than in that of P. Ver-
ticalis; culmen towards the base but lightly curved, towards the tip much
arched ; head rather small; wings when folded reach to the last third of the
ta il; quill feathers nearly as described in P. Australis. Tail but very slightly
forked. Tarsus robust; toes short and stout, the outermost and innermost
of equal length, and scarcely longer than the hinder one, the middle toe
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