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TREE SPARROW 



The Tree Sparrow is six inches and a half long, and nine and 

 a half in extent; the whole upper part of the head is of a bright 

 reddish chesnut, sometimes slightly skirted with grey; from the 

 nostrils over the eye passes a white strip fading into pale ash as it 

 extends back; sides of the neck, chin and breast very pale ash; 

 the center of the breast marked with an obscure spot of dark brown ; 

 from the lower angle of the bill proceeds a slight streak of chesnut ; 

 sides under the wings pale brown ; back handsomely streaked with 

 pale drab, bright bay and black; lower part of the back and rump 

 brownish drab; lesser wing coverts black, edged with pale ash; 

 wings black, broadly edged with bright bay; the first and second 

 row of coverts tipt with pure white; tail black, forked, and exte- 

 riorly edged with dviU white; belly and vent brownish white ; bill 

 black above, yellow below; legs a brownish clay color; feet black. 

 The female is about half an inch shorter; the chesnut or bright 

 bay on the wings, back and crown is less brilliant; and the white 

 on the covert^ narrower, and not so pure. These are all the dif- 

 ferences I can perceive. 



