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were through it, from the lower bill. The head has a yellow 

 spot on its side; crown, dark olive, streaked with black on 

 the centres of the feathers; the black feathers of the head 

 have lighter-coloured margins in the winter, making the head 

 yellowish grey, with the centres of the feathers black; neck 

 on the back, sides, and front on the lower part, yellowish 

 grey, inclining to olive green; nape, olive green; chin and 

 throat, black with a tinge of green, below which is a crescent- 

 shaped patch of bright yellow, the ends of which turn upwards 

 towards the sides of the head: in the winter the black of 

 the throat has lighter coloured margins. Breast on the upper 

 part, dull olive, met below by a chesnut brown band, which 

 is widest on the sides, which are further tinged with the 

 same, and streaked with dusky black: the lower part of the 

 breast is dull yellow. Back, fine chesnut brown, the edge 

 of the feathers tinged with olive, at some seasons with greyish 

 white, and dusky in the centre and on the shafts. 



The wings extend to within an inch and a half of the end 

 of the tail ; underneath they are yellowish ; greater wing coverts, 

 dusky, black in the centre, broadly margined with chesnut 

 brown; lesser wing coverts, olive green; primaries and second- 

 aries, dusky black, with very narrow yellowish or yellowish 

 green edges; the second and third quill feathers are equal in 

 length, and the longest in the wing; the first and fourth are 

 also equal in length, but a little shorter than the second and 

 third; the fifth an eighth of an inch shorter than the fourth; 

 Macgillivray describes the three first as being nearly equal in 

 length. Tertiaries, dusky black in the centre, broadly margined 

 with chesnut brown. Tail, dusky black; the two outer feathers 

 on each side have a patch of white on the inner webs, ex- 

 tending half-way from the tip, the external edge of the outer 

 one entirely white; the centre pair are rather shorter than 

 the others, and tinged with reddish or chesnut brown; the 

 rest black, with very narrow light-coloured edges; upper tail 

 coverts, yellowish olive, streaked with dusky grey; under tail 

 coverts, pale yellow. Legs and toes, light brown tinged with 

 pale red; claws, dusky. 



In the female, over the eye is a dull yellow streak, passing 

 down the side of the head; the head is without the black 

 colour and the bright yellow: it is dull green, with marks of 

 a darker shade. The crown is streaked with black; chin, 

 yellowish brown, streaked with darker brown, as is the throat, 

 both being without the bright yellow; breast, dull yellow, 



