As already described at p.

41, they are erectile, and when the bird is excited are spread out at right angles to the wing and slightly divergent.

They are from six to six and a half inches long, the upper one slightly exceeding the lower.

The total length of the bird is eleven inches.

The bill is horny olive, the iris deep olive, and the feet bright orange.
The female bird is remarkably plain, being entirely of a dull pale earthy brown, with only a slight tinge of ashy violet on the head to relieve its general monotony; and the young males exactly resemble her.
(See figures at p.