4 FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



colour, while the chin, throat, breast, and belty are similar 

 in colour to the upper portions of the body. Each feather is 

 slightly edged with light, which gives the bird a 

 scaly appearance, but across the chest there is a broad 

 curved stripe of white, edged with brownish, from which 

 the bird derives its name. The legs, toes, and claws are 

 brownish-black. 



The female is not so dark in plumage as the male ; the 

 band across the breast is not so broad, it is less pure in 

 colour, and shaded with reddish-brown and grey. The 

 young male birds resemble the adult females in their 

 markings ; but in the young females the crescent-shaped 

 band is hardly perceptible. 



