80 FRINGILLID.E. 



Young birds are distinguished from the adult by the black 

 feathers on the throat and face, which do not in the early 

 stages come to their mature colouring' The eggs of this 

 species measure rather less than those of the common sparrow, 

 but are very similar in appearance. 



The egg of the Tree Sparrow is figured 105 in the plate. 



