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BRITISH BIRDS. 



forehead and rump bright yellowish green ; wing-coverts blackish brown^ 

 tipped and margined with olive-green. The whole of the underparts are 

 golden yellow, shading into almost white on the under tail-coverts^ and the 

 flanks are striped with blackish brown. Bill light brown ; legs, feet, and 

 claws fleshy brown; irides hazel. The female is much duller than the 

 male, and has much less golden yellow in the plumage ; the crown is grey, 

 streaked with blackish ; and the underparts are buiFy white, yellower on the 

 throat and breast. English examples have obscure grey margins to the 

 yellow feathers, and the margins to the feathers of the back are brown 

 instead of grey, which appears to be characteristic of autumn plumage, or 

 that of birds of the year. I have not had an opportunity of comparing 

 them with birds in autumn plumage from the islands. 



