. A history of British birds. Birds. 384 BRITISH BIRDS. nearly allied H. polyglotta, but are on an average larger and do not exhibit so many of the faint scratchy markings. The adult male Icteriue Warbler in spring plumage has the general colour of the upper parts, including the lores, ear-coverts, and the sides of the neck, olive-green; a somewhat indistinct greenish-yellow eye-stripe extends from the base of the bill, losing itself behind the eye; the quills are brown, narrowly edged and somewhat more broadly tipped with greenish white; the wing-coverts and innermost secondaries are still mo
. A history of British birds. Birds. 384 BRITISH BIRDS. nearly allied H. polyglotta, but are on an average larger and do not exhibit so many of the faint scratchy markings. The adult male Icteriue Warbler in spring plumage has the general colour of the upper parts, including the lores, ear-coverts, and the sides of the neck, olive-green; a somewhat indistinct greenish-yellow eye-stripe extends from the base of the bill, losing itself behind the eye; the quills are brown, narrowly edged and somewhat more broadly tipped with greenish white; the wing-coverts and innermost secondaries are still more broadly edged with browner white; the tail-feathers are brown, with very narrow pale edges and generally with very indistinct traces of transverse bars. The underparts, including the axillaries, are uniform greenish yellow, many of the feathers on the thighs and under wing-coverts having brown centres. Bill dark brown above, pale horn-colour below; legs, feet, and claws bluish grey ; irides hazel. The female scarcely differs from the male. After the autumn moult, the olive-green of the upper parts is slightly greyer and the greenish yellow of the underparts paler and less green. Birds of the year scarcely differ from adults in autumn Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, Pub. for the author by R. H. Porter [etc. ]
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