. Bird-lore . sary. The juvenalplumage of both sexes resembles that of the adult female, but the breast issooty gray, with no, or but the faintest, suggestion of yellow; while youngmales may be known by the greater amount of white in the tail. At the postjuvenal molt, the tail-feathers, wing-quills, and primary covertsare retained, while apparently the rest of the wing-feathers and the bodyplumage is molted. The bird now passes into first winter plumage, whichresembles that of the adult, in summer, but in the male the nape and back aredecidedly browner, but with more or less greenish yellow co
. Bird-lore . sary. The juvenalplumage of both sexes resembles that of the adult female, but the breast issooty gray, with no, or but the faintest, suggestion of yellow; while youngmales may be known by the greater amount of white in the tail. At the postjuvenal molt, the tail-feathers, wing-quills, and primary covertsare retained, while apparently the rest of the wing-feathers and the bodyplumage is molted. The bird now passes into first winter plumage, whichresembles that of the adult, in summer, but in the male the nape and back aredecidedly browner, but with more or less greenish yellow concealed at the basesof the feathers, and the hind portion of the black cap is tipped wath brownish;young and adults are now practically indistinguishable. There appears to be no spring molt, and the gray, greenish yellow back ofthe breeding male is acquired by wear and fading. The seasonal variations of the female are less pronounced, and there difference in color between summer and winter jBtotee; from JTielti anU ^tutip Birds-eye View of a Paris Park iryou are in Paris, do not fail to see theman who feeds the birds in the Garden ofthe Tuilleries. Any day you will find himthere, the center of a little knot of inter-ested spectators, talking volubly at acrowd of House Sparrows which throngabout his feet, and even flutter into theair to catch the crumbs he tosses to the Sparrows are generally a fewgreat Wood Pigeons, which perch on hishead and shoulders. He has gained theconfidence of the birds in a very wonderfulmanner. But feeding the Sparrows andPigeons is general in the gardens, andthese birds are trustful of any one whobrings them crumbs. On this side of the Atlantic, we thinkof the House Sparrow as but a noisyintruder. In Paris he has the rights oflong possession. The Pigeons which sharethe parks with him are not the domesticbird, but another larger species, the WoodPigeon. They are more solitary andweaker flyers than the domestic Pigeon,whi
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