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HAWFINCH. 
have the white colour more mixed with brown; the tertiari.es 
have their outer webs bluish grey. 
The young bird is said to have the bill pale brownish red; 
head, neck, and nape, pale yellowish olive brown; throat, 
yellowish, bounded by a small line of brown spots, indica¬ 
tive of the future black patch; the breast, dull white, the 
feathers, especially on the sides, tipped with small brown 
spots. The bar on the wings is less apparent than in the 
old birds. 
Varieties occur which are pure white, some yellowish white, 
or greyish; others with the wings or tail white, and others 
with white feathers here or there. 
