MR JAMES hardy's LIST OF INSECTS. 



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The Mountain Sparrow. By Mr William Forster. 



In the year 1834, I first discovered the Tree Sparrow at Tuggal 

 Hall, being then in company with my friend Mr J. Hancock of New- 

 castle. Since then I have been almost a constant observer of the 

 habits of this lively little bird. Tuggal Hall and the village of Tuggal 

 were the two places where it generally inhabited ; but since the pro- 

 prietor of Tuggal Hall has cut down most of the plantation around it, 

 there is now only a solitary bird to be seen occasionally. In the year 

 1836, I discovered a nest very neatly made in a hole of an ash tree j 



