THE FINCH AND SPARROW FAMILY 299 
New York, feel so secure in our protection that they permit 
their admirers to approach within ten feet of them. 
The female of this species is widely different in color from 
the male, being dull olive-green above and greenish yellow below. 
SCARLET TANAGER. 
Male and female. 
THE FINCH AND SPARROW FAMILY 
Fringillidae 
This Family is a large one, and it embraces the perching 
birds with strong beaks, such as the finches, sparrows, snow- 
birds and their near relatives, and one group of grosbeaks. 
By their beaks you shall know them—short, and wide at the 
base, like the jaws of a pair of pliers. They are made for 
cracking all seeds which the owner does not wish to swallow 
entire. 
