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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



narrower than the males, and the entire plumage is duller 

 and less decided. In the winter months the markings of 

 both sexes are not so distinctly defined, the black and white 

 parts being less pure and more intermixed. 



Young birds have the beak all black, or very nearly so; 

 there is no black band over the forehead, the collar round 

 the neck is a dusky brown^ and the legs are j^ale yello\vjy 



