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yellow on part of their outer webs ; all the rest 

 of the quills are more or less slightly tipped with 

 yellow, and glossed like satin on their under sides. 

 The tail consists of twelve feathers; the two mid- 

 dle ones black, slightly tipped with yellow; all the 

 rest more or less deeply marked with that colour, 

 from their tips upwards. The legs are short, and, 

 as well as the toes, black, with the undersides wide 

 or spread out, and having rather a coarse appear- 

 ance; claws hooked and strong. The plumage of 

 the female differs from that of the male. Where 

 he is yellow, she is of a dull olive green ; her wing 

 coverts, secondary quills, and upper parts of the 

 tail feathers, partake of the same colour, but are 

 much darker ; the quills and lower ends of the tail 

 feathers are dusky, and, as well as the former, are 

 all tipped, less or more, with pale dull yellow. 

 The skin of the male was presented to this work by 

 Gr. T. Fox, Esq., the bird was shot as it was 

 approaching our shore in the English Channel.* 

 A pair, male and female, were also lent for the 

 same purpose, by the Honourable Mr. Liddell, and 

 from these and the foregoing, our description and 

 figure were taken. These birds are rare visitants 

 in this country; but they are often met with in the 

 southern parts of Europe in the summer season. 

 This species, as well as some others of the tribe, 

 seem to partake of a middle nature between the 

 Orioles and Thrushes, and Buffon has placed them 

 as a connecting link before the latter. 



* We have also seen a female, which was taken in the latter part 

 of the spring, much spent, in a garden at Tynemouth. 



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