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will in all probability be found distributed in many 

 localities. 



In England, as we have said, its distribution is 

 local, being found chiefly in the midland and eastern 

 counties, reaching as far north as Lancashire, Cum- 

 berland, and Northumberland, with a few scattered 

 localities on the eastern side of Scotland. According 

 to Mr. A. G. More (Ibis, 1865), it breeds regularly 

 in Gloucester, Hereford, Stafford, and Shropshire, 

 where it is said to be common. Nor is it rare both 

 in North and South Lancashire, and is believed to 

 extend its range to Westmoreland, Cumberland, and 

 Northumberland. It is unknown in Orkney and 

 Shetland ; but, strange to say, about ten years ago, 

 a few pairs having found their way to the island of 

 Skuoe, one of the Faroes, probably from the rigging 

 of some passing vessel, they have increased and 

 multiplied there. 



When Thompson published his Natural History 

 of Ireland, a quarter of a century ago, he included 

 the Tree Sparrow as "a doubtful native," relying 

 upon a statement in Templeton's Catalogite, and 

 never having met with it himself. In 1870, how- 

 ever, Mr. Blake Knox detected it at Dalkey and 



