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cassell's book of birds. 



WINTER VISITORS TO THE VILLAGE. 



over the whole of the northern portion of the Eastern hemisphere ; moreover, it is a remarkable fact 

 that wherever met with they are always in a state of semi-domestication : even in Australia, into which 

 country Sparrows were only introduced some few years ago, they hold the same relation to man as in 

 Europe. Few villages are to be found in which these little creatures have not settled, and that in the 

 fullest sense of the word, as they never fly more than a mile from the place where they were born, 

 except when in search of a spot on which to establish themselves. We are told by a Norwegian 

 naturalist that these birds are yearly seen flying about some parts of Norway in couples, going from 



