166 OUR FAVOURITE SONG BIRDS 



light pattern of the outermost feathers smoke-brown, 

 and the next tipped with brown. The general 

 colour of the under parts is pale buff, shading into 

 nearly white on the throat, and into olive-brown on 

 the flanks, spotted and streaked with blackish-brown. 

 The female closely resembles the male in colour ; 

 and the nestlings are similar to the adults, but the 

 imder parts are more profusely streaked. The total 

 lenpth of this bird is about six and a half inches, 



