TREE SPARROW. 



INSESSOKES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



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FRINOILLIDM. 



THE TREE SPARROW. 



Passer montanus. 



Fringilla montana, Tree Sparrow, - PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 458. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Mountain BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 190. 



Pyrgita Tree FLEM. Brit. An. p. 83. 



Passer montanus, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 300. 



Fringilla montana, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 135. 



Pyrgita GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Fringilla Bee-Jin Friquet, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 354. 



PASSEB. Generic Characters. Beak strong, conical, longer than deep, 

 the upper mandible slightly curved, the lower mandible compressed, and 

 smaller than the upper. Nostrils lateral, basal, rounded, partly concealed 

 by the short feathers at the base of the mandible. Wings with the second 

 quill-feather rather the longest. Legs with the tarsi nearly as long as the 

 middle toe ; claws sharp and curved, that of the hind toe rather larger than 

 that of the middle toe. Tail nearly square. 



I HAVE followed Mr. Selby in considering the numerous 

 species of Sparrows, some of which are found in almost 



