. How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) . athers dusky, edgedwith olive-brown ; lores and eyelids ochreous buff; ear-coverts paleolive-brown; cheeks and throat pale ochreous, browner towardsfront of neck; breast and abdomen huffish-white tinged with ochre,as also the under tail-coverts; sides of body olive-brown, thighsochreous brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dull whitishtinged with yellow. The Grosbeaks. 45 Bluish Pinch (Spermophila ccerulescens). The male, as is well known, is not unlike the common White-throated Finch, but with a black patch on the chin. The female isvery di
. How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) . athers dusky, edgedwith olive-brown ; lores and eyelids ochreous buff; ear-coverts paleolive-brown; cheeks and throat pale ochreous, browner towardsfront of neck; breast and abdomen huffish-white tinged with ochre,as also the under tail-coverts; sides of body olive-brown, thighsochreous brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dull whitishtinged with yellow. The Grosbeaks. 45 Bluish Pinch (Spermophila ccerulescens). The male, as is well known, is not unlike the common White-throated Finch, but with a black patch on the chin. The female isvery dissimilar. Dr Sclater describes it as pale olive-brown;wings and tail darker; beneath lighter, tinged with ochraceous;middle of the belly almost white (Birds of the Argentine Republic,vol. i. p. 46). White-throated Finch (Spermophila albigularis). Unlike the male, the female is greyish-brown; the flight and tail-feathers with darker centres; the first long primaries white at thebase, forming a spot in the closed wing as in the male; under parts. HEADS OF WHITE-THROATED FINCH. white with a greyish-brown belt across the breast; beak blackinstead of yellow; feet browner than in the male. Lineated Finch (Spermophila lineata). The female is quite unlike the male; above olive-brown, yelloweron the rump; feathers of wings (excepting lesser coverts) and tail-feathers dusky, edged with brownish olive; lores and feathersround eye ashy-whitish ; ear-coverts pale olive-brown streaked withwhitish; under parts ochraceous, browner on sides of body, centreof breast and abdomen whiter; axillaries and under wing-covertswhite edged with yellow. Collarbd Finch (Spermojihila cucullata). Sexes quite unlike; the female is brown above with a slight olivetinge; the wings and tail (the lesser wing-coverts excepted) dark 46 How to Sex Cage Birds. brown with paler borders ; lores, side of head, and under parts paletawny buff, paler on abdomen, but darker on under tail-coverts ;under wing-coverts and axilla
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