. A history of British birds . t with arrow-headed spots ofdark brown ; the flanks streaked with dark brown : legs,toes and claws, pale yellow brown. The whole length is rather more than seven inches. Fromthe carpal joint to the end of the wing, three inches andthree-quarters : the fourth primary the longest in the wing;the fifth a little shorter than the second. There is very little difference in the plumage of the sexes ;but some examples are deeply tinged with yellow, whileBritish specimens are usually much darker in colour thanthose of the Continent, some of which, especially from easternl
. A history of British birds . t with arrow-headed spots ofdark brown ; the flanks streaked with dark brown : legs,toes and claws, pale yellow brown. The whole length is rather more than seven inches. Fromthe carpal joint to the end of the wing, three inches andthree-quarters : the fourth primary the longest in the wing;the fifth a little shorter than the second. There is very little difference in the plumage of the sexes ;but some examples are deeply tinged with yellow, whileBritish specimens are usually much darker in colour thanthose of the Continent, some of which, especially from easternlocalities, are very pale in hue. The young greatly resemblethe adults, but some difference of opinion has been expressedas to whether they are in their first plumage lighter ordarker than their parents. The figures below represent the foot and skull of theBunting, in the latter of which may be seen the palatalknob on the upper mandible, and the opposed cutting angleof the lower jaw, characteristic of most of the true YELLOW BUNTLNG. PASSE RES. 43
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