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Emberiza aureola, P a ll.
La Bruant auréole.
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acte of great kindness and liberality, and who has considerably facilitated the study of ornithology by the
pubhcatiouofa work entitled - An Ornithological Index”, in which are euunrerated the genera afd spedes
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The maleAs; much more richly coloured than the female, and may be described as follows •
A band o f black extends round the base of the beak and over the ear-coverts ; the top o f the head and
the whole of the upjmr surface is o f a rich chestnut, a band across the chest o f the same colour ■ throat
and nnder surface rich yellow marked with streaks o f brown on the flanks, primaries and W
and t e rT b rZ " 8 0"ter °" * * ^ marked 3 lar*e wbite SP°‘ ■ « ‘be tip , beak'
The female is nearly devoid o f the rich colouring which characterizes the male I the upper surface being
duH brown tinged with green, the under surface olive yellow with the flanks marked as in the male
the Plate represents a male and female o f the natural size.