YELLOW BUNTING. 



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featliers on eacli side dusky black ; tlie two outer ones on 

 each side having a broad patch of white on the inner web ; the 

 form of the tail slightly forked ; the chin, throat, breast, and 

 all the under surface of the body, bright lemon-yellow, cloud- 

 ed on the breast and flanks with reddish brown ; under wing 

 and tail-coverts yellow ; under surface of wing and tail-fea- 

 thers grey ; legs, toes, and claws, light brown. 



The whole length of the bird seven inches. From the 

 carpal joint to the end of the wing, three inches and a half: 

 the first three primaries nearly equal in length, but the first 

 rather the longest ; the fourth a little shorter than the third, 

 and the fifth one quarter of an inch shorter than the fourth. 



The female has much less yellow about the head, and her 

 colours are in general much less vivid. 



"Young birds have no ycllow^ colour on the head till after 

 their first autumn moult, and the head is patched with dusky 

 black. Young males after their first moult have the yellow 

 colour much more mixed with greyish dusky spots than older 

 males ; the bright lemon-yellow colour in very old males is 

 extended over a larger surface. 



