ncss. Iii the first place, the spots on the female are not dingy
purple, but greyish black, and her under surface is fawny
white and not yellow. In the second place, the whole figure
of the male is many shades too dark—the prevailing tint
should be a light desert fawn, and the most prominent feature
is the delicate, pale French, almost pearl grey, of the forehead
and broad supercilium, which, extending on to the nape, thence
as a broad though not perfectly defined band, encircles the
whole neck, gradually shading off into the fawn, Fortunately
for our supporters, this is the very worst plate in the three
volumes,