. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . ese are the only-two, par nobile, of these Kinglets that have yet been discoveredin our continent, and none have been known anywhere else. It feeds on inse-ts. Male; length, barely over four inches; bill, brown, theTinder mandible paler at the base, from which a light lemon-coloured streak extends over the eye to the back of thehead, and another short similar streak beneath the eye,through which a narrow band of dusky passes. Head onthe crown, greenish yellow, the centre with a streak of paler;neck and nape, gieenish yellow: chin, throa
. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . ese are the only-two, par nobile, of these Kinglets that have yet been discoveredin our continent, and none have been known anywhere else. It feeds on inse-ts. Male; length, barely over four inches; bill, brown, theTinder mandible paler at the base, from which a light lemon-coloured streak extends over the eye to the back of thehead, and another short similar streak beneath the eye,through which a narrow band of dusky passes. Head onthe crown, greenish yellow, the centre with a streak of paler;neck and nape, gieenish yellow: chin, throat, and breast, paleyellow; back, greenish yellow. The wings extend to thewidth of six inches and a half, and reach, when closed, towithin three quarters of an in -h of the end of the tail; thewing coverts are crossed with two conspicuous bands of lemon-colour; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, dusky, edgedwith pale yellow, becjming broader on the secondaries. Legsand toes, brown, the soi-face of the latter incliningto yellow; claws, .
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