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Tlie wliole length five inches and tlirec-quarters. From 

 the carpus to tlie end of the wing, two inches and three- 

 quarters ; the first quill-feathcr very short ; the second longer 

 than the sixth, Lut not so long as the fifth ; the third the 

 longest in the wing. 



The female is larger than the male, measuring six inches 

 and one-quarter ; tlie top of the head chestnut, and the other 

 parts of the plumage more tinged with brown than that of 

 the male. 



Young birds resemble the adult female, but the hood is 

 not so decidedly conspicuous. Young males do not acquire 

 the white belly till after their second summer. 



