106 LESSER WHITE THRO AT. 



small dots and patches of brown, olive-brown, and 

 light grey. James Dalton, Esq., of Worcester College, 

 Oxford, has forwarded me a specimen for the use of 

 this work. 



Incubation lasts from twelve to fourteen days, 

 commencing about the 2oth. of May. Two, and some- 

 times even possibly three, broods are reared in the 

 season. 



The young birds in their nestling plumage nearly 

 resemble the old ones, but the colour of the head and 

 the back are more uniform. 



