CIRL BUNTING. 



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never shows any trace of yellow^ tlie underparts are not so bright a yellow^ 

 and are more definitely streaked, and the rump and upper tail- coverts are 

 dull olive instead of rich chestnut. Young birds resemble the female, but 

 are much duller in colour. In winter the black on the head and throat of 

 the male is partially concealed by the pale margins of the feathers, which 

 are cast in the following spring. At all ages and in both sexes the Cirl 

 Bunting is easily distinguished from its near ally by its olive-green wing- 

 coverts and by the dull olive rump and upper tail-coverts. 



