TREE SPARROW 7 



nest, that is of the Tree Sparrow, is domed over, as is 

 done also by the House Sparrow, when it locates its 

 habitation in similar situations. Not unfrequently they build 

 in the thatch of barns and out-houses, but only in thoroughly 

 country places, the entrance being from the outside ; also 

 in the tiling of houses, and in stacks and wood faggots ; 

 likewise in old walls, not many feet above the ground. 

 Mr. Arthur Strickland, of Bridlington, has recorded that a 

 pair built their nest, a domed one, in a hedge in the 

 grounds of Walton Hall. 



The eggs, which vary from four to six in number, are 

 of a dull bluish or greyish white colour, speckled all over 

 with light greyish brown of different shades. They resemble 

 those of the House Sparrow, but are more darkly marked. 



