The Citril Finch 



green with dusky streaks ; wings and tail black ; the whole 

 of the rest of the plumage yellowish green. The female is 

 rather duller. Length 48 in. ; wing 3 in. 



• THE SERIN 



Serinus hortulanus, K. L. Koch 



Breeding throughout the greater part of Central and 

 Eastern Europe, there is no great improbability that some, 

 at all events, of the few examples of this species that have 

 been obtained in England are genuine stragglers and not 

 birds that have escaped from captivity. They have mostly 

 occurred on our southern or eastern coasts, with the single 

 exception of one taken near Dublin. 



The forehead, rump, throat, and breast are yellow ; upper 

 parts and flanks olive streaked with brown; belly white. 

 The female and young only differ from the male in being 

 duller, and in winter both sexes exhibit far less yellow. 

 Length 4'5 in. ; wing 2'7 in. 



THE HOUSE-SPARROW 



Passer domesticus (Linnceus) 



Noisy, quarrelsome, and vicious, will perhaps sum up the 

 character of this species. Cunning, crafty, hardy, and 

 omnivorous, he is always literally in clover, and under such 

 circumstances is it to be wondered at that his numbers have 



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