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BRITISH BIRDS. 



and the entire underparts are bright yellow. Bill^ legs, feet, and claws 

 black; irides hazel. The female is much browner above and paler 

 below than the male, and the eye-stripe is buffy white ; the wing-bars 

 are also much less distinct and buffy white. Birds of the year have the 

 upper parts similar to the female, but browner, the throat is bufiy white 

 tinged with yellow, the breast is brownish buff, and the remainder of 

 the underparts are pale yellow. After the autumn moult the old birds 

 resemble the young somewhat, but are without the dark band across the 

 breast. A very important character of this species is that the ear-coverts 

 and lores are pale yellowish green, like the crown. 



HELIGOLAND. 



