5i4 TREE SPARROW. 



breast and abdomen white, tinged with cream-colour, the under tail- 

 coverts white. An obscure spot of dark brown on the middle of the 

 breast ; and the feathers that cover the flexure of the wing, when closed, 

 are bay. 



Length 64 inches, extent of wings 8| ; bill along the back -j%, along 

 the edge j% ; tarsus \ §. 



Adult Female. Plate CLXXXVIII. Fig. 2. 



The female resembles the male, but is paler in its tints, and rather 

 smaller. 



The species is very closely allied to the Field Sparrow and the Chip- 

 ping Sparrow, which are at least as much Emberizae as Fringillae ; but 

 as the generic characters and affinities of species cannot be conveniently 

 detailed in a work like this, I must for the present defer the grouping 

 of these, and the numerous birds allied to them. 



The Canadian Barberry. 



Bekberis canadensis, Willd. Sp. PI. vol. ii. p. 227. Pursh. Fl. Anier. Sept. vol. i. 

 p. 219. — Hexandria Monogynia, Linn. Berberides, Juss. 



This species of Barberry is very abundant in Maine and Massachu- 

 setts, as well as in the British provinces. It is an erect shrub, from five 

 to eight feet in height, with triple prickles, simple obovate remotely ser- 

 rated leaves, short corymbose racemes; yellow flowers, and pendulous 

 oblong red berries, having an agreeable acid taste. 



