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The Yellow-Breasted Skidmarque I believe.
I don’t really believe the story, myself, but there are a shrike and a wheatear, a bush-hen, a miner, a crombec….
Anything Isabelline, either as part of the name, as in Isabelline wheatear, or as a color-morph, is supposedly named after a princess of Spain who vowed never to change her underwear until the siege of Ostend was over. Found this out last fall when posting a sighting of an Isabelline California towhee, check out my post: http://threestarowl.com/natural-history/isabelline-california-towhee-in-huntington-beach-central-park
Isabelline differs from albino in being a dirty beige, presumably the color of siege-worn underwear.
I find Clare’s answer more persuasive.
yes, i also thinks its The Yellow-Breasted Skidmarque
I don’t know the answer, but this has got to be one of the funniest questions I’ve heard asked in a long time!