140 FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



The plumage of the young birds does not fully re- 

 semble that of the adult until after the second moult, the 

 prominent differences being that in the young the head, 

 crown, back of the neck, and nape are dull greyish-brown ; 

 the chin is white, throat and upper part of breast, pale buff, 

 tipped with blackish-brown, below and on the sides grey, 

 mixed with cream-colour, with darker lines ; back dull 

 greyish-brown, margined with brownish-black. The tail is 

 brownish-black, tipped with brownish-white ; under-tail- 

 coverts dull grey, mixed with cream-colour. The legs 

 and toes are bluish-grey, tinged with brown, paler in front, 

 the claws brown, margined with white\7 )( 



