4 GOLDEN OEIOLE. 



and on the sides greenish yellow; nape, also yellowish green; 

 chin and throat, dull greyish white, marked with longitudinal 

 pale brown lines. Breast, dull greyish white, with larger 

 longitudinal pale brown lines, and bright yellow on the sides, 

 which are also streaked in the same way; back, greenish 

 yellow. Greater and lesser wing coverts, brownish black, 

 tipped with pale yellow, and dull yellowish at the base; 

 primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, brownish black, their 

 edges greenish yellow, and their tips, excepting those of the 

 two outer ones, pale yellowish white. Tail, brownish black, 

 yellowish at the base, and with less yellow at the end and 

 sides than in the male; underneath, it is yellowish grey; upper 

 tail coverts, greenish yellow; under tail coverts, bright yellow. 

 Legs and toes, bluish grey; claws, light brownish red. 



Young; bill, more brown than in the male; head, crown, 

 neck on the back, and nape, dusky yellowish grey; chin, 

 throat, and breast, yellowish white, the latter with a central 

 line of brown on each feather, and the last-named yellow on 

 the sides; back, dusky yellowish grey. Primaries, secondaries, 

 and tertiaries, brown; tail, brownish olive colour; upper tail 

 coverts, tipped with yellow; under tail coverts, yellow. 



The female is duller in colour than the male. 



