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Hionnlly it has Uvn olwerved t<> l>nil.l ii- n> -t in the hollow of i n.i-. and t<> tak- j.H--'^i.iri -f 

 a hole that hail formerly been occupied by the woodpeekfi liiT.i.m in hn. 



ili..--.' of ilir common >|.;nit.\\. IM-III^ dulli.sh white, covered fiiti l\ ith very light dote of 

 ashen -brown. Their nuinlNT is i^-iiefalh from four to six. 



Lately was published a short ouniiiiniii<ati.>n frum a gentleman residing at Penaance. 

 "A Norwegian brig put into Penzance a i".- .lays since, and among other incident* of th 

 voyage between Norway and England, the ma.si.-r of die vessel mentioned that midway 

 (..tu.-. ii the two countries, thousands of snuill Sjiarrowf paused and alighted on the 

 .ship, covering the deck and rigging. The birds were exhausted and soon died, and some 

 half-dozen were kept from mere curiosity to show to friends. These were bronchi for my 

 ins|Hi -tion, a day or two since, by a person who begged them of the captain to show me. 

 Tin- >ix SJHH -miens were all Patter monlanut, the Tree Sparrow, the Mountain Sparrow of 

 Bewick." 



Besides the markings which have already been m.-ntion.tl, the Tree Sparrow has a streak 

 of white, marking the boundary between the chestnut of the nerk and the nsl hue of the Iwck 

 and wings. The lower wing-coverts are not so lina<lly tii>|M-<l with white as in the common 

 sjK.ci.-s. t>ut are of a deep blark, irfthl WtJ Omrdgbgof white ]'> l..u (lie rye aftd OVM 

 the ear-coverts, there is a narrow blm-k streak, and the breast and abdomen are white, with a 

 brown tinge, deepening on the flunks. In size the Tree Sparrow is not HO huge as the common 

 species, by nearly half un inch of length. 







WHITB-THBOATEO PAJUKW. 



THE WHITE-THROATED SPAKROW is nn inhabitant of America, and i* n. --f th- pai 

 migrators, passing to and from the northern and southern portions of that continent, a 

 ing to the season of the yenr. 



Of this bin! Wilson >peaks as follows : -This is the largest as well as the hand*om.-t ..f 

 all oar Sparrows. It resides in most of the States south of New England. Prom Conn* 



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river and among th.- ri.-e plantation*. In summer they retire t.. the hi-h.-r inlaixl j-arts ..f the 

 country, and also farther south, to breed. According t.. P.-nnant. they are al-. f.-und at that 

 season in Newfoundland. Durini; th.-ir n-i-l'-n.-e h,-n- in winter th. y colWt to^-ther in II- -ks. 

 always preferring the borders of swampy thick. -t>. creeks, and mill-ponds, skirted with alder 

 boshes and long rank weeds, the seeds of which form tin -ir principal food. 



