92 GARDEN AND AVIARY BIRDS. 
The more typical Finches, as opposed to the Weavers 
and Munias, are usually migrants or birds of high eleva- 
tions in India, and seldom frequent human habitations. 
In the aviary, moreover, they are not very interesting, but 
some deserve special notice, and all are readily kept. 
Tur TREE Sparrow (Passer montanus) much resem- 
bles the too familiar House-Sparrow, both sexes being 
like the male of that bird, for in the Tree Sparrow the hen 
is just as handsome as the cock. The Tree Sparrow is, 
however, a smaller and slighter bird than ‘‘Philip,’’ has a 
pinky-chocolate cap instead of a grey one, and a black 
patch on the white of the cheek. 
It takes the Common Sparrow’s place as a house-bird 
where the other is not found, but where the House-Sparrow 
resides he forces his weaker relative to forego the joys 
of a city existence. I have mentioned the House-Sparrow 
but to condemn him, but the Tree-Sparrow is a much 
more respectable character ; he is less rowdy, less imper- 
tinent, and less prolific, and as he is just as hardy and 
considerably prettier, may be commended to those people 
who go about introducing Sparrows—‘‘ to make the place 
look homelike’? as a far more suitable subject than 
Cousin Philip. Most people do not notice the difference 
between them, but may wonder, where the Tree Sparrow 
is the citizen, why all they see appear to be cocks. The 
Tree Sparrow is in full force at Darjeeling, and is found 
all along the Himalayas, and from Assam south to Tenas- 
serim. In the plains of India it is wanting; but it has 
a very wide range outside our Empire, from the Farce / 
Islands to Java. In England it is not common; it 
