The Sparrow Family. 77 



a red bill. Treatment and food identical with the 

 previous species. 



It breeds very freely in captivity, producing from 

 three to seven young four or five times a year. 



THE DOUBLE-BANDED, GOULD'S, and the PAINTED 

 11 FINCHES" can only be mentioned; the two last are 

 rare and consequently expensive, delicate, and quite 

 out of reach of the ordinary amateur. 



The remaining members of the family, which are 

 many, cannot even be named within the limits of this 

 work. 



