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AFRICAN GOLDEN ORIOLE. 
Size of the Golden Oriole, which it much resem- 
bles ; hut the black stripe on the side of the head, 
which in that bird is only before the eye, is much 
broader in this, and passes not only above and 
below the eye, hut also beyond it, over the ear. 
The whole plumage of the body is of a clear and 
rich yellow ; the shoulder and lesser wing-covers 
are the same, and most of the greater and of the 
tertial quills aTe so broadly edged with yellow, that 
when the wing is closed they appear only of that 
colour : there is also a narrow T edging of the same 
on the lesser quills and the tips of the greater ; the 
spurious wings are also pale yellow. The tail is 
coloured precisely like that of our European Oriole ; 
that is, the feathers may he called black, but banded 
obliquely with a bar of yellow, which more or less 
covers their extremities. The bill is red and the 
feet dark. The rump-feathers are unusually thick. 
The female, as in others of this genus, is olive above 
and pale yellowish beneath, but without any stripes. 
Total length, 9 5 inches ; hill, from the gape, l / 5 ; 
wings, ; tail, from the base, 4 ; tarsus, 
