Note 69 — ERRATA. (continued 4)
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Length 4⁷⁄₈ inches, expanse 8¼, flexure 2⁵⁄₁₀, tail 1⁹⁄₁₀, rictus ⁴⁄₁₀, tarsus ⁸⁄₁₀, middle toe ⁶⁄₁₀. Irides hazel; feet blackish flesh-colour; beak black.
Male. Head and breast black. Back yellow, becoming greenish towards the rump, and merging into black on the tail. Wing-coverts yellow, brightest at shoulder; quills, and tail feathers edged with yellow. Belly greyish; under tail-coverts brick-red.
Female. Upper parts olive yellow, bright on shoulders, dull on head and rump. Under parts ashy grey.
Latham (Syn. ii. 300) confounds this with the Black-face Grass-quit.