TREE SPARROW. 



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INSESSOHES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



FRINGILLIDM. 





THE TREE SPARROW. 



Fringilla moiitana, Tree Sparrow, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 458. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 190. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 83. 



Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 300. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 135. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi, 



Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 354. 



Passer. Generic Characters. — Beak strong, conical, longer than deep, the 

 upper mandible slightly curved, the lovcer mandible compressed, and smaller 

 than the upper. Nostrils lateral, basal, rounded, partly concealed by the short 

 feathers at the base of the mandible. Wings with the second quill-feather 

 rather the longest. Legs with the tarsi nearly as long as the middle toe ; claws 

 sharp and curved, that of the hind toe rather larger than that of the middle toe. 

 Tail nearly square. 



I HAVE followed Mr. Selby in considering the numerous 

 species of Sparrows, some of which are found in almost every 



