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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



summer the plumage of both birds loses its gloss, and be- 

 comes much duller. Young birds of the year, before 

 leaving this country, have the brown feathers of the back 

 and upper tail coverts, also those of the wing coverts and 

 tertials, tipped with buffy white; the chin is also buffy 

 white. 



