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WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. . 
side with a stripe of black; below this again is another of white 
passing over each eye, and deepening into orange yellow be- 
tween that and the nostril; this is again bordered by a stripe of 
black proceeding from the hind part of the eye; breast ash; chin, 
belly, and vent white; tail somewhat wedged; legs flesh coloured; 
bill a bluish horn colour; eye hazel. In the female the white 
stripe on the crown is a light drab; the breast not so dark; the 
chin less pure; and the line of yellow before the eye scarce half 
as long as in the male. All the parts that are white in the male 
are in the female of a light drab colour. 
