THE JAVA SPARROW. 



THE JAVA SPARROW takes his name from the Java 

 Islands, where they abound in immense numbers. 

 Their chief recommendation is the great neatness 

 and beauty of plumage ; their glossy black head, with 

 clear white cheeks, and delicate rose-colored bill, 

 that looks like a piece of wax-work, and their light- 

 slate or almost ashen-gray body, forming one of the 

 richest combinations of colors ; the plumage being 

 so neat and smooth that the feathers all seem to fit 

 into each other ; and all appear covered with bloom 



