Ricebird
Ad. &, breeding plumage. -Top and sides of the head and under parts black, the feathers more or less tipped with a narrow whitish or creambuff fringe, which wears off as the season advances; back of the neck with a large yellowish cream-buff patch; middle of back generally streaked with cream-buff; scapulars, lower back, and upper tail-coverts soiled grayish white; wings and tail black; tail-feathers with pointed tips, bill blue-black. Ad. 2.-Upper parts olive-buff, streaked with black; crown blackish, with a central stripe of olive buff; nape finely spotted and back broadly streaked with black; wings and tail brownish fuscous; tail-feathers with pointed tips; under parts yellowish or buffy white. Ad. in fall and Im.-Similar to female, but buffier and more olivaceous throughout. L., 7.25; W., 376; T., 2-73; B., 55.