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FAMILIAR WILD SIItDS. 



to the end of the under tail-coverts white; legs, toes, 

 and claws, black. 



The female has no white over the base of the beak ; the 

 head, neck, back, and wing-coverts dark brown ; wing 

 primaries brownish-black ; greater coverts and tertials 

 edged with dull white ; the other portions resemble the 

 male, but the white markings are not so pure ; the young 

 birds very much resemble the adult female until after the 

 second moult. The entire length of the bird is rather 

 more than five inches. 



