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are, however, much less pure, and the dark streak tlirough 
the eye brown, and not so well defined. 
Young birds of the year in autumn very much resemble 
their parents when obscured by the autumnal moult, but the 
line over the eye is rufous instead of white, and the dark line 
through it very imperfect; the head, back of the neck, and 
mantle also have, at present, none of the grey feathering; 
they are chestnut-brown. 
The egg figured 54 is that of the Wheat-ear. 
