154 TREE SPARROW. 
in these cases, the nest, that is of the Tree Sparrow, 
is domed over, as is done also by the House Spar- 
row, when it locates its habitation in similar situations. 
Not unfrequently they build in the thatch of barns and 
out-houses, but only in thoroughly country places, the 
entrance being from the outside; also in the tiling of 
houses, and in stacks and wood faggots; likewise in 
old walls, not many feet above the ground. Arthur 
Strickland, Esq., of Bridlington, has recorded that a 
pair built their nest, a domed one, in a hedge in the 
grounds of Walton Hall. | 
The eggs, from four to six in number, are of a dull 
white or grey colour, speckled all over with light greyish 
brown of different shades. 
One fine variety is of a dark rich reddish brown 
colour, mottled all over. 
A second is of a deep yellowish green, likewise mot- 
tled all over with darker specks. 
A third is marked entirely over with minute grey, 
yellowish, brown, and bluish dots and small streaks. 
A fourth, dull brown, dark all about the base, and 
all mottled. 
The engraving is from specimens taken by W. R. 
Fisher, Esq., of Yarmouth, from a nest placed in a 
hole of the stem of an apple tree at that place. 
