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skin. Eight days afterwards we took another young one from 
the same nest. "This bird was covered with feathers, and was 
able to make some use of its wings. ‘The parent birds had 
adapted the food which they brought to their young to their 
powers of digestion. 'The stomach of the first of the above 
Sparrows was weak, and filled almost entirely with insects ; only 
one grain of wheat and a few grains of sand were found in-it. 
In the second the gizzard was become vastly more muscular, 
and contained nine grains of wheat nearly whole, besides some 
pieces, the remains of several small beetles, and some pretty 
large gravel-stones. 
4. F. montana (Tree-Sparrow). 
We have received a specimen of the Tree-Sparrow from 
the Rev. H. Tilney of Hockwold, at which place it breeds. 
Mr. Scales pointed out to us this species at Beechamwell, and 
favoured us with its eggs. We have also seen it at Freston in 
Suffolk. 
5. F. celebs (Chaffinch, Spink). 
6. F. Montifringilla (Brambling). 
This winter bird of passage sometimes makes its appearance 
in very large flocks. At Beechamwell, Mr. Scales considered 
them of service to his land, from their devouring in great abun- 
dance the seeds of the Knot-grass (Polygonum aviculare). In the 
severe winter of 1819-20 large flocks of these birds were ob- 
served at Stratton Strawless feeding on the Beech-mast. Bram- 
blings have been observed in the spring as late as the 27th of 
April. A male and female, which were only winged, we kept 
for some time in a cage, and fed with canary and hemp seed, of 
which the former agrees with them best. The male was the larger 
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