TREE SPARROW. 



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The whole length of the male five inches and five-eighths. 

 The first quill-feather the same length as the fifth ; the se- 

 cond, third, and fourth, nearly equal in length, and the 

 longest in the wing, but the second rather the longest of the 

 three. 



The female is smaller than the male, measuring only five 

 inches three-eighths in length ; but the plumage is the same, 

 except that the colours are not quite so bright as those of the 

 male. 



The young birds in their nestling feathers possess the 

 chestnut head, black throat, and the white on the side of the 

 neck ; but the colours are paler than those of the adult birds. 



The vignette below represents the breast-bones of the 

 Brambling and the House Sparrow. 



