A GOLDEN ORIOLE. 
and on the sides greenish yellow; nape, also yellowish green; 
chin and throat, dull greyish white, marked with longitudinal 
pale brown lines. Breast, dull greyish white, with larger 
longitudinal pale brown lines, and bright yellow on the sides, 
which are also streaked in the same way; back, greenish 
yellow. Greater and lesser wing coverts, brownish black, 
tipped with pale yellow, and dull yellowish at the base; 
primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, brownish black, their 
edges greenish yellow, and their tips, excepting those of the 
two outer ones, pale yellowish white. ‘Tail, brownish black, 
yellowish at the base, and with less yellow at the end and 
sides than in the male; underneath, it is yellowish grey; upper 
tail coverts, greenish yellow; under tail coverts, bright yellow. 
Legs and toes, bluish grey; claws, light brownish red. 
Young; bill, more brown than in the male; head, crown, 
neck on the back, and nape, dusky yellowish grey; chin, 
throat, and breast, yellowish white, the latter with a central 
line of brown on each feather, and the last-named yellow on 
the sides; back, dusky yellowish grey. Primaries, secondaries, 
and tertiaries, brown; tail, brownish olive colour; upper tail 
eoverts, tipped with yellow; under tail coverts, yellow. 
The female is duller in colour than the male. 
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