THE TREE SPAEROW. 



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or banks, and sometimes under the coping of old walls. 

 The eggs, which are from four to six in number, are very- 

 like those of the House Sparrow, but not so large. The 

 Tree Sparrow is a smaller bird than the House Sparrow, 

 from whicli it may be distinguished by its chestnut head, 

 its black ear coverts surrounded by white, and by the double 

 bar of white on its wing. 









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