EMBERIZIDA. 17 Et 
streak of bright lemon-yellow over the eye and ear- 
coverts; ear-coverts themselves olive-green, with 
very narrow streaks of dusky; beneath this a patch 
of lemon-yellow, and beneath that again a patch of 
olive-green, with narrow streaks of dusky; sides of 
the neck olive-green ; feathers of the back and scapu- 
lars reddish rusty, with narrow streaks of dusky in 
the centre and a narrow light margin; rump and 
tail-coverts dull olive-green, with narrow dark centres 
to the feathers; lesser wing-coverts olive-green, with 
dark centres; greater wing-coverts dusky in the 
centres, broadly margined with dull rusty red; 
primary and secondary quills dusky, narrowly edged 
with yellow; tertials dusky, broadly margined with 
rusty red; tail dusky, the two centre feathers rather 
broadly margined with olive-brown, and the two 
outer feathers on each side with a broad patch of 
white on the inner web; throat black, beneath that 
a bright lemon-yellow crescent; breast olive-green, 
behind which, especially on the sides, are some rusty 
red feathers, with light yellowish margins; all the 
under parts lemon-yellow, lightest in the under tail- 
coverts and streaked with dusky on the flanks; legs, 
toes and claws light brown. After the autumnal 
moult the black feathers on the throat have light 
margins, a few of which are still left on my speci- 
mens killed in March. The female has the head 
olive-green, with broader dusky streaks than the 
male; the rest of the upper parts nearly the same, 
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