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FRINGILLID^E. 



INSESSORES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



FRINGILLIDJE. 



THE TREE SPARROW. 



Passer montanus. 



Fringilla montana, Tree Sparrow, 



Mountain 



Pyrgita Tree 



Passer montanus, 



Fringilla montana, 



Pyrgita 



Fringilla Bee-fin Friquet, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 458. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

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

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 83. 

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

 JENYNR, Brit. Vert. p. 1 35. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 354. 



PASSER. Generic Cliaracters. 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 

 every country in the world, as entitled to generic distinc- 



