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. 



