520 FRINGILLID A. 
brown, with lighter brown edges ; chin and throat black : 
under the eye and over the ear-coverts a narrow black 
streak ; cheeks, and sides of the neck, with a triangular 
spot of pure black; breast, belly, and under tail-coverts, 
dull brownish white, darker on the sides and flanks ; under 
coverts of the wings pale fawn colour; legs, toes, and 
claws, pale brown. 
The whole length of the male five inches and _five- 
eighths. The first quill-feather the same length as the 
fifth ; the second, third, and fourth, nearly equal in length, 
and the longest in the wing, but the second rather the long- 
est of the three. 
The female is smaller than the male, measuring only five 
inches three-eighths in length ; but the plumage is the same, 
except that the colours are not quite so bright as those of 
the male. 
The young birds in their nestling feathers possess the 
chestnut head, black throat, and the white on the side of 
the neck ; but the colours are paler than those of the adult 
birds, 
The vignette below represents the breast-bones of the 
Brambling and the House Sparrow. 
