present a marked difference in their

rs of the genus, the sexes
ad and neck and the deep grey and

adornments of the he

ale so remarkable.
brown, with a lighter stripe down the centre

As is the case with all the other member
the female beng destitute of those
e which render the m

surface of an olivaceous
e light-coloured shafts; and nearly all the feathers of the

black, which, being divided by the light-coloured
ost conspicuous on the centre of the back

colouring,
chestnut of the under surfac

The male has the head and upper
of the head; some of the feathers of the back hav
upper surface are crossed near the tip with a band of
shaft, has the appearance of double spots; these are largest or m
and on the feathers of the wings nearest the body ; forehead, stripe ove
breast, and flanks deep bluish grey; chin and throat deep black, within which, beneath each eye, a
k of white; below the black, a crescent of white, the points of which are directed
line of black; centre of the abdomen, vent and under

r the eye and the sides of the neck
nia 9

moustache-like strea
behind the eye, encircling this a narrow

upwards
tail-feathers mixed chestnut and grey 5

tail-coverts rich deep chestnut-red 5
legs bright yellow.
The female is similar in the colouring and markings

the forehead and stripe over the eye buff instead of grey,
the breast), and all the under surface pale buff crossed with numerous crescentic bars of brownish black

The Plate represents the two sexes of the natural size. The plant is the Areopsis peltata

bill black ; irides deep brown ;

of the upper surface, but is darker on the head, has
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