Loxia fasciata, LINNÆUS; La Collerette BUFFON; Der gebänderte
Kernbeisser, BECHSTEIN.
This bird is the size of the preceding, about four inches and a half in
length. The beak is bluish grey. The feet short and flesh-coloured; the
upper part of the body dark reddish ash grey, each feather having two
black transverse bands, only one of which is visible; the cheeks and
lower mandible are surrounded by a band of dark reddish purple.
The female has not this collar, and its plumage is paler; the under part
of its body is red brown, each feather edged with a deeper shade.
VARIETIES.--The one I have actually before me, and which I received from
Mr. Thiem, bird-dealer at Waltershausen, is a fine male, whose plumage
is as follows:--
The head is dull orange, with black stripes very near together; the
upper part of the neck, the back and rump, are the same shade of orange,
but each feather is intersected by a semicircular black line, and
terminated by a spot of red brown; the scapular wing coverts and last
pen-feathers are dark grey, with transverse angular black bands, and
bordered at the tips with red brown.