34 AFRICAN GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



Size of the Golden Oriole, which it much resem- 

 bles ; hut the hlack stripe on the side of the head, 

 which in that bird is only before the eye, is much 

 broader in this, and passes not only above and 

 below the eye, but also beyond it, over the ear. 

 The whole plumage of the body is of a clear and 

 rich yellow ; the shoulder and lesser wing-covers 

 are the same, and most of the greater and of the 

 tertial quills are so broadly edged with yellow, that 

 when the wing is closed they appear only, of that 

 colour : there is also a narrow edging of the same 

 on the lesser quills and the tips of the greater ; the 

 spurious wings are also pale yellow. The tail is 

 coloured precisely like that of our European Oriole ; 

 that is, the feathers may be called black, but banded 

 obliquely with a bar of yellow, which more or less 

 covers their extremities. The bill is red and the 

 feet dark. The rump- feathers are unusually thick. 

 The female, as in others of this genus, is olive above 

 and pale yellowish beneath, but without any stripes. 



Total length, 9^ inches ; bill, from the gape, 1-fc ; 

 wings, 5^ ; tail, from the base, 4 ; tarsus, T 8 . 



