40 SPARROW-HAWK. 



One variety is of a pale dull olive brown, with a large patch of 

 a dull rich brown of two shades near the base, and a few specks 

 of lighter brown. 



A second is dull white, mottled about the smaller end with 

 patches and specks of dark rich brown, of which there are a few 

 scattered here and there over the remainder. 



A third is dull white, with a patch of dark brown at the smaller 

 end, and a few small blots and specks near it. 



A fourth is clearer white, with a rich irregular belt of brown near 

 the thicker end. 



N. Rowe, Esq., of Worcester College, Oxford, has written me word 

 of five procured by him in the year 1851, from a nest, which were 

 quite white and spotless. He obtained the bird at the same time. 



