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considerable height from the ground. The nest is 

 composed of straw, loose twigs, &c., and lined with 

 wool, hair, and feathers. The eggs, varying from 

 six to eight in number, are of a greyish white, with 

 spots of pale grey, but the distinctive markings 

 differ very much in various specimens. 



SPARROW, TREE. 

 MOUNTAIN SPARROW. 



EKINGILLA MONTANA, Lin. 



This is a common species on the Continent, and 

 is distributed in moderate numbers in some parts 

 of England. Although in its mode of flight and 

 general habits it resembles the common species, it 

 differs from it in several respects. It is a bird of 

 retired habits, and is never found to frequent vil- 

 lages or single dwellings, but is generally to be 

 met with where old trees hollowed by decay are 

 abundant. It is in the hollows of these, parti- 

 cularly of pollards, that it finds a congenial retreat, 

 and a convenient situation for its nest, the ma- 

 terials of which are hay and straw, intermixed with 

 a lining of feathers. Its eggs, four or five in 

 number, are similar to those of the House Sparrow, 

 but of rather smaller dimensions. 



