GOLDEN ORIOLE. 
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tilers of the tail, which are also yellow ; the quill-feathers are 
narrowly bordered with white : the two middle feathers of the 
tail are black. A black line passes from the base of the beak 
to the eye. The iris is carmine-red ; the beak bright red¬ 
dish brown. The legs and feet are ash-colour. 
The female is olive-green on all the upper parts of the 
body, the under parts greyish-white, the shafts of the feathers 
dusky: flanks yellowish, streaked with brown. The tail- 
feathers are dark olive, those on the sides tipped with yellow ; 
the upper tail-coverts tipped with yellow. The wings and 
wing-coverts brown. The beak browner than in the male. 
The young birds much resemble the female, with the 
addition of dark shafts to the feathers of the upper plumage ; 
their iris and beak are dusky. 
The egg of the Golden Oriole is numbered 53. 
