252 
2e 
+ TREE F. 
DescripTioNe 
FEMALEs 
PiacEe anb 
MANNERS. 
Be Ty Ne ie «Ets 
Fringilla montana, Lin. Sy/f.i. p. 324. 37-—Faun. Suec. 243.-—-Seop. ann. is - 
Ne 221.—Brux. N° 267.—Muller, N° 264.—Olin. uc. pl. in p. 48.— 
Kram. el. p. 370. 11.—Frifch. pl. 1. 
Le Moineau de Montagne, Brif. orn. tii. p. 79. 2. 
Le Friquet, Buf. otf. iii. p. 489. pl. 29. f. 2.—Pl, enl. 267. £. 16 
Paffer montanus, Razi Syn. p. 87, 15. 
Mountain Sparrow, Will. orn. p. 252. pl. 45. — Albin. ili. pl. 66. — Eaw. 
pl. 269. (male and female.) 
Tree Sparrow, Br. Zool. i. N° 128. pl. 52.—Aré. Zool. 
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 
OMEWHAT lefs than our Houfe Sparrow: length five 
inches and a half. Bill black: irides greyifh hazel: the 
head, and nape, chefnut: the chin black: on each fide of the 
head, behind the eye, a fpot of the fame: the upper parts of the 
body rufous brown fpotted with black, inclining to greenifh to- 
wards the rump: fides of the neck, the breaft, and under parts, 
dufky white: wing coverts rufous, edged with black, and croffed 
with two bars of white: the greater coverts black, with ferrugi- 
nous edges: quills blackifh, with rufous edges: tail even at the 
end; colour rufous brown: legs pale yellow. 
The female is duller in colour, and wants the black on the 
ears and throat. a 
This fpecies is found in England, and is in tolerable plenty in 
Lancafbire, Lincalnfhire, and York/bire, but not further to the 
north of Exgland, or Scotland. It is obferved always to build on 
trees, and not in buildings like the How/e Sparrow. 
It is much more common on many parts of the Continent than 
in England ; Italy, France, Germany, Ruffia, and the eaftern part of 
Sibiria. In the laft, much more plentiful than the Houfe Sparrow» 
and in many parts even where the laft is not feen. 
3 Dr. 
