THE FINCH AND SPARROW FAMILY 



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New York, feel so secure in our protection that they permit 

 their admirers to approach within ten feet of them. 



The female of this species is widely different in color from 

 the male, being dull olive-green above and greenish yellow below. 





SCARLET TANAGER. 

 Male and female. 



THE FINCH AND SPARROW FAMILY 



Fringillidae 



This Family is a large one, and it embraces the perching 

 birds with strong beaks, such as the finches, sparrows, snow- 

 birds and their near relatives, and one group of grosbeaks. 

 By their beaks you shall know them short, and wide at the 

 base, like the jaws of a pair of pliers. They are made for 

 cracking all seeds which the owner does not wish to swallow 

 entire. 



