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«¡Sly the well-known. . ( l&wi&eriiw
'•■oftr island, tW.Orf i lf e f l f '! ¿«atf.:
i t is common jjb 1*$$: ¡¿i
, pnrtie«!»rly in tW:
shy and retiring' that» |f$: Y«dl<>«rthiteuaer; its s
31 the whole o f the southern pit
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*h»«?J6 tmttUdBy breeds. It »tasMih mord
«g; is also different, more resembling that o f the Chaffinch,
•inees of Europe, and Je especially abondant along the shares
o f the Mediterranean as well as in Italy and the southern parte o f France.' In general habits, mauners, at«l
aidifieation it closely resembles the Yellow-hammer. Its nest ¡8 generally placed either beneath a low bush
or at the foot of a large tree; it is composed of dried grass intermingled with vegetable fibres, and lined w i$ij
■har. The eggs are. in general, more nwnd than those o f the Yellowhamiaer: in colour -they are grey,
marked with those peculiar zigzag lines * f dark |#»w» which are so characteristic of all tji$ Buntings' . : •
Ite food consists o f various kinds o f grain, to. which ¿«sects are largely added, of which Montagu informs us
The sexes offer a contrasted difference in the eoloar of die {damage, the male being adorned with a gorget
iwn o f the head and back o f the neck oli ve grey, the former exhibiting longifm
dashès o f black ; a yellow stripe from the base of thè beak encircles tbé e p , ami termi¡iaks on she ¡¡i:
the head ; the throat is black in summer, but m winter approaches it becomes obscured with olive, g
below this black a yeHow band extends across the throat ; the whole o f the upper-surface is reddish br<
i greyish margin' ; ! quills blackish brown; the breast, below the yellow gorgét, is «se»;
washed with ferrdginous snder fine yellow; two outer t a & f e t t b f t # f t
gieatcsfc part of tbeif .less, brownish d«>*h
Thè adult female, whik* ib-v* é . ». |j
o f yellow;, the'head is -oliuè , i;iQ with bro
the under surface dull pale yellow; awl the apgM* Ì» »iiid làiin in her more: ornamented ma
' Our B a te represents a male and female o f the natural sére.