HOUSE SPARROW. 75 



male. A dusky line passes through and behind the eye, and 

 a dull straw-coloured line above it : the ear-coverts are grey- 

 ish, and all the under parts of the plumage dull yellowish- 

 grey : the beak is paler than in the male. In this sex there 

 is no black about the head or throat. 



The egg of the House Sparrow is figured 104 in the 

 plate. 



