TREE-SPARROW 



569 



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TIJEE-SPAKKOW. 



grey, as in the cock-sparrow, and by the double white wing-bar. In 



young birds the 



general tone is 



duller and the 



wing - bar tinged 



with buff. 



The tree- 

 sparrow, which is 



to a considerable 



extent local in 



its distribution, is 



spread over the 



greater part of 



Europe, whence 



it extends east- 

 wards, as far north 



as the Himalaya, 



into the Malay countries, China, and Japan. In Europe the rSnge of 



this bird is being gradually pushed farther north, and now includes the 



Faroe Islands, where the 

 species was formerly un- 

 known. In England the tree- 

 sparrow is chiefly to be met 

 with in the southern and 

 eastern counties, notably in 

 the New Forest, and is par- 

 tially migratory in its habits. 

 It also breeds locally in 

 Ireland. The nest is less 

 rough and untidy than that 

 of the sparrow ; while the 

 eggs are slightly smaller and 

 also darker, with a more uni- 

 form tone of coloration in a 

 clutch. 



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Serin (Serinus 

 hortulanus). 



The serin, 

 or serin - 

 finch (one 



of whose titles is Serinus serinus), is a relative of the canary, and almost 

 too rare a visitor to the United Kingdom to be accorded a definite 



