TREE SPARROW. 73 



brown, edged with yellowish grey; upper tail coverts also 

 brown. Legs, toes, and claws, pale greyish yellow brown. 



The female resembles the male, but is rather less in size, 

 her length being not quite five inches and a half, and her 

 tints are paler; the head is j'ellowish brown on the crown, 

 and the chesnut parts are changed to the former colour. 



In the young the head on the crown is paler than in the 

 adult, and the white on the neck is not so pure. The throat 

 does not assume at first the black of the mature bird. 



