216 BRITISH BIRDS. 
and the entire underparts are bright yellow. Bill, legs, feet, and claws 
black; irides hazel. The female is much browner above and paler 
below than the male, and the eye-stripe is buffy white; the wing-bars 
are also much less distinct and buffy white. Birds of the year have the 
upper parts similar to the female, but browner, the throat is buffy white 
tinged with yellow, the breast is brownish buff, and the remainder of 
the underparts are pale yellow. After the autumn moult the old birds 
resemble the young somewhat, but are without the dark band across the 
breast. A very important character of this species is that the ear-coverts 
and lores are pale yellowish green, like the crown. 
HELIGOLAND. 
