296 TREE, OR MOUNTAIN SPARROW. 
The Indian bird is much smaller in all its pro- 
portions, and the under parts of the body, instead 
of being of an ash-gray, or cinereous colour, are 
nearly white, having only a slight tinge of sienna 
yellow ; the lower part of the back and rump are 
also much redder, and the tail feathers are deeply 
margined with yellowish brown. The female 
differs very considerably from the European, the 
whole of her plumage being much paler. The 
scapulars of the skin we received are also marked 
with a patch of reddish brown, not possessed by 
the Common Sparrow, and the under parts of the 
body are of an uniform yellowish white, without 
any tinge of the cinereous or smoke gray, the 
prevailing tint of the abdomen and belly of our 
own species. 
The Tree, or Mountain Sparrow, Pyrgita 
Montana Passer montana , Ray, Selby. — 
Fringilla montana , Linn. — Tree or Mountain 
Sparrow of British authors. — This species closely 
resembles the former, and it is only an ornitho- 
logist who would mark their difference in a wild 
state. The first time we saw the species alive, 
we were some time near them without perceiving 
that they were not our common bird, and their 
shriller call was what first drew attention to 
examine them more close!}’. In their habits the 
Tree Sparrow also very closely resembles the 
last ; it assembles in small flocks, feeds in a simi- 
lar manner, and builds in like situations, with the 
