244 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 



side with a stripe of black; below this again is another of white 

 passing over each eye, and deepening into orange yellow be- 

 tween that and the nostril; this is again bordered by a stripe of 

 black proceeding from the hind part of the eye; breast ash; chin, 

 belly, and vent white; tail somewhat wedged; legs flesh coloured; 

 bill a bluish horn colour; eye hazel. In the female the white 

 stripe on the crown is a light drab; the breast not so dark; the 

 chin less pure; and the line of yellow before the eye scarce half 

 as long as in the male. All the parts that are white in the male 

 are in the female of a light drab colour. 



