Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals : selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists . he eye is a short white stripe,and another much longer begins from the under mandible,and goes half way down the neck; the chin and part of thethroat, together with the head and neck above, deep black,which changes to a dark brown on the back, wings, covers, andtail; a small round sulphur spot is on the tip of each featherof the hind head, back,
Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals : selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists . he eye is a short white stripe,and another much longer begins from the under mandible,and goes half way down the neck; the chin and part of thethroat, together with the head and neck above, deep black,which changes to a dark brown on the back, wings, covers, andtail; a small round sulphur spot is on the tip of each featherof the hind head, back, and lesser wing covers ; the quillspale brown, margined with sulphur; the under plumage isgreenish sulphur, closely spotted with blackish; the most ex-traordinary peculiarity of this bird consists in the feathers ofthe breast, which are more rigid than the others, pointed, andthe shaft of the lower ones ending in fine incurved setaceoushairs, many of which are near an inch long. The probable usethis particular formation is intended for, it is impossible toconjecture. Mr. B. Leadbeater, to whom I am often obliged for the in-spection of rare subjects, received this from Africa, and it isthe only individual of the species I ever heard of. PI. V Ji %
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