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F. domestica, Temm. Man. dOrn. torn. i. p. 350. House Sparrow, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 298. pi. 54. f. 2. & 2*. Bew. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 184. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches two lines : length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) five lines and a half, (from the gape) seven lines ; of the 

 tarsus nine lines ; of the tail two inches four lines ; from the carpus to 

 the end of the wing two inches eleven lines : breadth, wings extended, 

 nine inches four lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Male.) Crown of the head, and occiput, bluish ash; space 

 between the bill and the eye, throat, and fore part of the neck, deep 

 black ; above the eyes, and behind the ears, a band of reddish brown : 

 cheeks, 'sides of the neck, breast, and abdomen, grayish white : plumage 

 on the back and wings dusky brown, edged with reddish ; the latter with 

 one transverse whitish bar : tail brown, edged with yellowish gray : bill 

 bluish black : irides hazel : feet brown. (Female.) Head and nape 

 cinereous brown : above and behind the eye a yellowish streak : upper 

 parts plain brown, darkest in the middle of the feathers : under parts 

 grayish white, without any black on the throat and neck : bill much 

 paler than in the male. Obs. White, and other varieties of this species 

 are not unfrequent. (Egg.) White ; spotted and streaked with ash- 

 colour and dusky brown: varies considerably in the number and in- 

 tensity of the markings : long. diam. ten lines ; trans, diam. seven lines. 



Plentiful in all parts of the kingdom. Attached to the habitations of 

 man. Food, grain and insects. Nest generally placed under the eaves 

 of buildings, or in the holes of old walls ; composed of hay and straw in 

 large quantities and loosely put together, lined principally with feathers. 

 Eggs five or six. 



94. F. montana. Linn. (Tree Sparrow.) Crown and 

 occiput chestnut-brown ; sides of the neck, and a collar on 

 the nape, white : wings with two transverse white bars. 



F. montana, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 354. Tree Sparrow, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 300. pi. 55. f. 2. Mountain 

 Sparrow, Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 187. 



DIMENS. Entire length five inches six lines. MONT. 



DESCRIPT. Crown of the head, and nape of the neck, deep chestnut- 

 brown, tinged with cinereous : space between the eye and the bill, ear- 

 coverts, and throat, black: cheeks, sides of the neck, and an interrupted 

 collar on the nape, white : feathers on the back, and scapulars, dusky in 

 the middle, rufous brown at the edges ; wing-coverts chestnut-brown, 

 tipped with white, forming two distinct bars of that colour across the 

 wings : quills black, with reddish edges : tail rufous brown : bill black : 

 feet pale brown. In the female, the colours are more obscure ; the black 

 on the throat and ear-coverts hardly visible. (Egg.) Dirty white, 

 speckled all over with light ash-brown : long. diam. eight lines and a 

 half; trans, diam. six lines. 



Much less abundant, and more partially distributed, than the last 

 species. Met with sparingly in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and 

 some other of the northern and eastern counties. Does not frequent 

 buildings, but is partial to old trees, in the holes of which it builds. Nest 

 formed of the same materials as that of the House-Sparrow. Number of 

 eggs the same. 



