whitish olive; the front, and a broad bne?-over-and round the
eye and bill, are s li^H fliiis tia ^ sh e d fooin the gemera|'©®L®ttr of
the head .by the want»èfr ólivaeeonsj being grayish white, and as
the feathers* arfe i^ e^ aiii^é !®p#ar minutely- dotted with black:
the curved blackish/spot! more apparent In- 4she colours • of the
male, is slightly indicated on the sidési ©£; the head; the sides of
the head and neck, the throat, and the breast, are of a grayish
white, also streaked with blackish, and somewhat tinged with
lyeiltowishiton the sides'of- the b re a s t; the flanks become of a
dingy yellowish gray; land have large dull blackishlidotches;
the belly and vent are of a much purer whitish, and the sttèaks
are on that part long, narrow, and well defined; the; under fail-
coverts are Mackish, with broad white margins, the wings are
three inches and a half long, reaching when closed-«0; the last of
the tail-coverts; the first three primaries are subequal and longest,
the fourth being but little-shorter, and much donger than the
succeeding; the general colour of the wing is black,- the -smaller
I coverts each margined with olive; • the middle and -longer Adverts
broadly tipped with whiter forming a double band across .the
wings, so conspicuous: as to afford the most -obvious- distingui shing
Character obithe» s p e c ie s a ll- th e quills are slightly edged-with
paler, the tertials being also tipped with white; the under wing-
coverts-are of a dark silvery, as well as the whole inferior surface
of the wing; Aertaü miasures two and a half -Inchest, being as
usual j wmposed ©f twelves'feathers.; :. it-^liS',-, blaékj and deeply
emarginate, the feathers acutes an d slightly edged with paler:
the feet are short, rather robust, and blackish, the tarsus five-
eighths of an inch in length, somewhat sharp behind, with its
covering; entire-before; the t@es. aTe divided to the hasej ‘Very
short, the middle One* c®nisideral% the longest, but much less
than half a n inebiteng; the I lateral ©nevsiibeqttal, ;(all these - being
remarkable characters of the genus)- - the • b in d toe long, and
"stoutest-;-' the nails»strong^much.curved,^and sharp,.the hind one
«the fongêst, and twice,'as-large-ias the lateral.
®he male *dfesörfbedub.y Latham»,«e<WM>són> andl’tVieiMott las in
full plumagei >b.uf>wMch/ with^TfemmincI^ we t e reasons
fo r believing to be betwen^ one- and ,two {yd&ri;js@td, differs- from
‘the- female in feeing a trifie largfer;. and' ©fihv®rims©n - red where
tikesis olive ■gmySsiftW'ilfete « f thfe pluteage Jsialso considerably
darker-, approaching*tO)iWack onvbhet heady,.which tceftour/! pre-
cdominates dn several .parts o f the pbranage, round- the .eyèj^on
th e frontal-in aibroadline-Meuxwing and é
:imchssideJofth.e.ncek4andappearmgéisitiïöc%t©Mthe:baek,-'Whére
ftke Wing: the rump 'is ofisa,beaut'ifcL'tiOSeriedï;’ thé black of the
wings and tail is deeper; the white pure, and more extended; Jthe
lanixig of Mbequifls; and-espeeia%‘ of the tail?ftathea?s; more eon-
’•spieuous ;st thebeMy is of a.purë^Mtishp mucMjess. streaked’ &&
Wpm bird: which -from analogy ■we:;'fahe*f^':..the., adult rndle,
thoughtwehayefuoipösdtiveeév^ i * «
the passage.-.to, or-from, th©t ipfecèdimg, differs Only in hiving a
fight buff oranger tinge wliefee - t h e ^ o t b e n b a s i t . agrees
vrathiit in*all its minute markMgspthe iparthbuontjthè^sldèstöf the
head éÉiihett^ defined, and- the »wings -and- taili^-aiifeadf -ddtgriM
-deeper' Mack,- the edges oft &e<'*quills and uadrfeather s-fa
conspicuous, and' almost pure dibit#,* »All! tk®sevfaetS!iC0nspire?sto
favour our opinion. In tMs sft%6U the bird is rare; as migbti-be
expected; andrfras oóJÖbfeföifö b©enc noticed by any »naturklist ?j®re
hay®mot:*eprfesmi£téd/it; only' tbatsSWe might not) multiply'bgums
of the same>specpes:'- i■
1 The-very' young -male before »assuming rthedrèd,, at the age'-of
-oneyear, exactly» rosémblfes datefe male; being only- more grayish,
and less tinged with olive, - and having- t-he r-uxnip ^Beehiihjtyellow,
instead- of »yellow.