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plumage is altogether more of a dingy hue. The 

 young birds have no yellow in their plumage for 

 a month or two ; they resemble the female, but 

 their plumage is rather more dingy. 



Scmg. 



The song of the yeUow hammer is hardly worth 

 a particular notice ; nor should we have assigned 

 it a place among the song-birds, were it not said 

 to be capable of acquiring the notes of other birds. 

 Its own song is not unlike that of the common 

 bunting, but more sweet, though it consists of only 

 a few notes often repeated. 



The chirp or cry of the young is very like the 

 notes of the young of the hedge sparrow or red- 

 breast. 



