Y E L L O W W A & T A I L s
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Ai!V..!/!.i},ffi-,h ilavis- Itmh
:■: : fiava, ,€W; f
■ Tk« pmett sjWfcieff as well a» thatwv'hbv« liiHSA íip.^Dí^^íef•.
fatbk ilm A?o/er,ife of .aiuhors, aui^-:. fpci5*o»'' nnder t&e name <>i Mmfyt#, 1» ¡re.ij^neiice of
•its kioglb«M«l.hlnd daw' iMtHr-isrtog' a*« approach to the genus ¿intkta, on' Kpil». AMwi, « *» the fom
! ■■-■'■ •, I. ■ . ■•■■'• -¡: ■■ /A itms ' ’•'■ 'h . ' • ' i! "i ... .
And manners of the $«g tail*, are «o much alike; at the same time a direct union may he dh-
eo.?C3>ed between the pied specie» awl those of more -gaudy plumage, both as regards p |' style of colouring
n.'i-d B!tfS0OtiEre, as in the MatmiUv ¿osTvjfe, that bird having the fine yellow plumage so ckaxactcristic of Cuvier’s
: .together' with 'the. ek.mg»ifo:d c©*|©»if -tiff body and shortened bind claw winch
which M. Cnvfer would ^hwiv«% appfy tbi* m*- WolitnUa; krnust, hbwever, be ajibwed that the .birds in
qnestii#. fom the extreme Itotiis wf «*? where another couiQieiJces; still we think
. like these scarcely warrant rfeey ^de#h;bidte*ftd ferwrne multifqdiTMHisA
A air.CjWhiit "whois»: d e a f rs«^ -r iaw >rcb->:-#i*ji|'e yfef** cawi©* -
: : •••• .: ; * u.««,'-#®!! u'.-. intelligent reader to decide jor himself, whether to. retain
$ $ p f terW; MtiiaciUd, -0 adopt the. snore recent title a» a generic appellaii,/).
— Ib .s t:. s p prtm i m tvirh n spria; freqot »pen plains uni meadows, ico trly
fttM? of rwing wheat, tor cattle, and araMe lands. It ta a bird sufficiently familiar to allow of close .
V%v.tAii'fc I’reach name H*:r«v -anei.«t*. lt<w>ati«nw* • •■
cv'-mpy etMnmon throBgluMfc
. bird \ye Imve denominated A/rifac*#* a&gject'r-. -.
' In- the adult ta%le, the MH is t*!?-.'k ; ¡rides hazel; the wjhof« of the head anti back of the park pale olive
gf'ijep, oyer the-eye a stacAk of tew AysKow.*. baidvscapukrs, tump 'an|l;;^d3ye«ifire»^ii;i^^e^ darker «&&> the
colour of the head ouiibieiitln;rs dos.ky, edged; With yellowish white tail d-.uky, the two middle fih&ujrs
’ tujged'wiih olive, and the two outer feathers on cAch side having their external webs alaiost cnsirely Vj»«< ;
Itsga id.cci' , imwi cfero- foog : $$ i c. ’-i- . f&At&udor'parts bright yellow, ■
"• |is!si>Me Afers m imirtg the pbiinsge fess brilliant, the yciiovy of thr <mkt putis behig- miwh ptdec. ‘
' tame fig< i 'nale and femrii.: . naferal«f*fe# ;